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Northside, GA
Shuffling of feet and the slight hint of mold, growing weary on the flip side of ceiling tiles, fills the halls between classes. The...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Macon, GA
If you walked the streets of downtown now, you might turn your nose. The hollow bones of decrepit, brick buildings are crumbling –...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Descriptions of a Student Defending Integration (The Auburn Plainsman, 1962)
“highly intellectual and also highly confused” – James E. Foy, Dean of Students “Confusion can be unraveled. Care can be unwound. All...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
A Tomb Raider and the Absent Chalices of Egypt
I’d expected to see the luster and sparkling desire of the ancient paraded about, dripping from every angle inside limestone walls – the...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Road Trip To
The road to our past softens as the rear-view mirror frosts over and fogs what’s left of you. Your face, ambiguous against the grain of...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Epilogue
We’d flipped several times before ending upside down, molded to a tree. They pried me loose with hardly a scratch – you suffered far...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
The Tale of Two Cities
Across the plains, only about an hour and a half away, stands a city of immaculate history. Undoubtedly of legendary status, the city...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20222 min read
The War on Intrusive Thoughts
The thoughts that spill over the edge, those never meant to see the light, are refracted beyond comprehension. Bent and reflected upon...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Broca's Puzzle
Cobwebs of modernity clung to dutiful machines. Yet ailing, the steady hills of heart brings relief to the distraught. Sleepy static...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
From My Perch
after Carlton Nell’s, “After 283” complemented by The Weeknd’s, “The Birds pt. 2” The fabric of their relationship spread across the...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
I Sacrificed My Child to Ra
Step upon my altar, bare your soul as you beg for your last breath. Long ago, I lost the desire to extol in this languishing practice of...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
New Orleans Jazz
inspired by Langston Hughes How delectable this nook sat, away from the light, thriving at night. Neon strobes with no worry of Job,...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Self-Afflicted Mortal Under the Dying Stars
Destruction, human calamity, burned our world to the ground faster than our tears could extinguish it. Careless wisps traveled silently...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Scatter Brained
My stomach touched my throat as we levitated, head over wheels. Unrestricted by polyester’s embrace, we float absent of gravity’s heel....
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
The Siege of Harmonious Cathedrals
Published in The Auburn Circle This mirror-plated prison echoes loudly – My insecurities and inhibitions scream blood-curdling...
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Cryogenic Evacuation
Mr. Smith, a human on an alien planet, is put on alert after he sees another human for the first time in years
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 202214 min read
Gemini
a tale of Left and Right, conjoined twins
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20223 min read
Wanderlust
A detective, haunted by his past and a current case of a kidnapped toddler wanders about looking for answers
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 202211 min read
The Icarian King
A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's, The Wicked Prince, with a twist
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 202215 min read
The Printer of Death
A printer that predicts death perfectly and accurately
Josh Herring
Aug 3, 20222 min read
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