Lattice
Here, the art of lay-low…
I’m sure many of you already know where I’m headed with this. It’s probably the same affect a number of us have experienced on and off for the past few months. As creatives, we sort of live in a hostile environment. Unless you’re a professional inheritor of mommy and daddy’s money (which, let’s face it:…
English philosopher and statesman, Francis Bacon, is known to have coined the phrase: “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.” I’m of the impression that he was speaking more to the philosophic/scientific side of reading—in that some books are valuable for scanning and sifting through…
Just what is it about these characters that leaves us wanting more? Let’s take a look!
— C.O.
Be aware of the graphic imagery in this piece. A short story that was first published in The Yellow Chair Review’s “Horror Issue,” October, 2015. In fact, this was my first official publication. What a way to start, huh? It began as a project in class; our objective was to start with one solid sentence and try to top it each time. One can only imagine what my state of mind was that day…
— C.M.