Prose, Poetry, and Pictures

Here is my response to the writing prompt: write a fantasy story in 1,000 words or less. I had a lot of condensing to do after the first draft. It was a fun exercise in evoking a rich world with very little space to do it in. I hope you enjoy! The Legend of Giltiberim There…

It was evening in the Mullingham household and Abraham and Moira Mullingham had just sat down to a dinner of hot spaghetti noodles drenched in a pungent tomato sauce, a dish Moira’s father had taught her to make in her youth, which she took great pride in serving. Abraham, a heavy-set, light skinned man who…

On Saturday Aug 26, 4014, at the hands of her most creative and intelligent inhabitant, Earth succumbs to Man’s destructive nature. The first bombs erupt near the great lakes, spreading a peeling fire across Earth’s western cheek. Flares of white light leak out of the atmosphere as bomb after bomb hit their mark. Black clouds bloom over…

Caleb Jacobo. (1988–PRESENT).  Initial Draft. Public Writing Journal.  2014. sheouit sheouit, read by Caleb Jacobo at fifty feet above the field She rose; somewhere stooped aloof martin breached His bush. Then at ten feet Her dented sepals spread; so There in His bush martin hid His eyes. Then at five feet She spoke invitingly; so from There martin…

Since 2006, Death has visited my personal relations several times. First, my mother and step-father by car. Next, my aunt by lightning, shortly followed by my grandfather in despair. I watched my grandmother die in poverty and now her son, my dear uncle, too soon in illness. Until Friday the 22nd, at my uncle’s funeral,…

[…] Point is, the violence attracted to violence, and even when violence comes into contact with innocence, if there is no reciprocation, there is no continuation or inflammation of violence. This means an accident—a casualty, a mistake—if these are reciprocal, then the violence is inflamed—it metamorphoses, evolves—to a committed violence that poses more danger to…

The following is an excerpt from my meatspace journal: Dramatic Irony, the art of reflective literature, is a vehicle that allows the reader to experience an orchestrated set of events that forces them to be uncomfortable enough to say, “If only…” (“If only the protagonist made this choice, or saw this action, or heard this…