Digital Issue No. 4

Jessica Deaver’s speculative epic delves into a sinking land.

A Kafkaesque nightmare of irrational duties and absurd bureaucracies.

The spirit roams across time and space, occasionally alighting on firm ground.

Transcended, impermeable.

Self-preservation is a gift reluctantly given, a blessing hard won.

Dominance testing, tribal unions, and bruised egos make for a sound street education.

Intergenerational reflection allows for a gracious emancipation.

All of humanity dropped the ball on morality. But who will care enough to pick it back up?

A business trip invites observations of countless injustices and ruminations on systemic oppressions. 

Melancholy abounds for a street that no longer exists, a neighborhood whose character has been too changed.