Poetry, fiction, essays, and visual art from The Esthetic Apostle — a literary magazine and creative studio.https://estheticapostle.org/en-ushttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/a-small-deposit-from-a-smaller-desp/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/a-small-deposit-from-a-smaller-desp/I-guanas prefer the linoleum, their claws snap against the wax. Thank goodness for the bag boy, a moment of reprieve. His skinSat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTPoetryJackson Bedenbaughhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/between-object-and-action/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/between-object-and-action/Between Object and ActionSat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyWilliam Buchinahttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/burning-coals-hothouse-flowers/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/burning-coals-hothouse-flowers/You’re right. I don’t know what it’s like to be a recovering addict wrestling with recovering every daySat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTPoetryRobert Rubinohttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/flare-up/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/flare-up/I go to the desert. I am a painter and I paint broad strokes heating under sun. I paint until my canvas burns up. I return to the city. I realize my canvas is a painting of white. I go to the desert. I roam up and down foothills, sand and sediment. I find the moon rocks and th…Sat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTHeather Sagerhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/glimpse/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/glimpse/Glimpse.Sat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyKelsey Laynehttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/he-s-still-here/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/he-s-still-here/By day, I am laughter, smiles, bless you’s. Evening, I am where are you?, heart splintered, drowned blue. Night, I am a Joni Mitchell lyric, a forgotten painter,Sat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTPoetryJeremy-Deborah Bryanthttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/martinez-california-daniel-oconnel/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/martinez-california-daniel-oconnel/“Discover the Charm” The quiet streets of Martinez in morning before 8 a.m. – the quaint café is out of businessSat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTPoetryDaniel O'Connellhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/object/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/object/ObjectSat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyNi Petrovhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/okavango-delta-reflections-jeremiah-gilbert/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/okavango-delta-reflections-jeremiah-gilbert/Okavango Delta ReflectionsSat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyJeremiah Gilberthttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/operiment/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/operiment/Operiment and moreSat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyAnna Martinhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/pregnant-pauses/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/pregnant-pauses/Words are potent place-setters. Verbs, like kissing, define improper actions. Adjectives loom more significant than the nouns they modify. Dangerous Daddies. Watch out for the dirty things people hide in scattered places. Possessions turn out to be possessives. Oh, the places…Sat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTPoetryTammy Smithhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/red-tablecloth/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/red-tablecloth/Still Life with Multiple Decanters,Sat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyParker Shatkinhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/rural-routes/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/rural-routes/Rural RoutesSat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyRiver Teethhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/stigmata/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/stigmata/On our first date you left red all over my couch. I think you’re bleeding, I said. I’m bleeding? Yes, you’re bleeding. Oh, you said. That’s just my hole. I didn’t realize it would make such a mess. You showed me your hand, and there it was: a bloody hole in the center of your…Sat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTKathleen Gullionhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/the-chemist/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/the-chemist/“Why are you so afraid of change?” Georgia asks, trying to catch Joshua’s eye. He’s more interested in the River Rock bottle clamped between Georgia’s legs. Georgia flicks ash from the end of her cigarette into the neck of the bottle until it burns right down to the filter, an…Sat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTCharlotte Derrickhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/three-locusts/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/three-locusts/Weathered planks beneath bare feet, waterside. Trees’ faces silhouetted against 11:39-shaded purple-black. Chest bare to the night, stand alone song:Sat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTPoetryDustin Sipeshttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/virtual-chamber/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/virtual-chamber/Virtual Chamber and moreSat, 01 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyJohn Lewishttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/american-corduroy/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/american-corduroy/I remember nights of Imessage insults driven through sprinkled streets, two white trash wanna be’s dueling with roman candles, carbon dioxide limping off recycled apologies, snaking from the muffler to the window of lovesSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTPoetryCorbin Wamblehttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/banff-mountains/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/banff-mountains/Banff Mountains & OthersSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyUjala Darhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/cogito-roulette/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/cogito-roulette/I think therefore I aim and fire at the general space of my awareness not knowing if my luck will hold if brain death would be bad or goodSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTPoetryBrad Buchananhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/corinna-german/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/corinna-german/PhotographySun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyCorinna Germanhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/couch/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/couch/CouchSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyGuilherme Bergaminihttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/dimension-of-your-own/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/dimension-of-your-own/Dimension of your ownSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographySi Golrainehttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/dissolve/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/dissolve/She was hurt like the rest of us Uncertain and anxious in a time Where that sort of thing was in vogue Where we all knew everything at once but also nothing at allSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTPoetryAlper Yilmazhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/fathers-day/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/fathers-day/“Wanna set him on fire?” The two teenagers had almost stumbled over the man while taking a shortcut through the park. It was so dark they could barely see a foot or two in front of them, and they had been using their phones to pick out a path where there was none. When they re…Sun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTJeannette Garretthttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/flowers-circles/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/flowers-circles/Flower CirclesSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyHarold Olejarzhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/h-h-cho/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/h-h-cho/Personality & OthersSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyHenie Hyewon Chohttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/kristen-brown/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/kristen-brown/Paintings ​Sun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyKristen Brownhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/latest-stimulants/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/latest-stimulants/Latest StimulantsSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyJeff Herschhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/midwinter-nights-dream/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/midwinter-nights-dream/Midwinter Night's DreamSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyAubrey Ann Laughlinhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/moon-shavings/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/moon-shavings/This earth is a cement-mixer in constant motion My heartSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTPoetryCandice Kelseyhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/moravian-falls/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/moravian-falls/Moravian FallsSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyAshley Blakehttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/purple-shoes/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/purple-shoes/Purple Shoes & OthersSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyLiJune Choihttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/tame-ink/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/tame-ink/Tame InkSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyV. B. Borjenhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/the-1975/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/the-1975/“I don’t like them,” she told me when we met. “I’m not one of those girls.” “Okay,” I said. She seemed to want to continue, to tell me she only listened to punk rock and Mozart. I cut her off. “It’s chill. It’d be chill even if you did like them.” “But I don’t.” “Okay.” I said.Sun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTElle Rosenberghttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/the-bath/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/the-bath/The Bath & OthersSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyAnna Franklhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/the-flame/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/the-flame/For most of my girlhood I believed To be in love was to be afraid. Fear bonded two souls and thus this must be love. I was wrong,Sun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTPoetryBelen Odilehttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/we-wont-ever-know-for-sure/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/we-wont-ever-know-for-sure/We Won't Ever Know for SureSun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyDave Simshttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/aaron-lelito/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/aaron-lelito/The Sedulous Speech of Fruit As It FallsFri, 01 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyAaron Lelitohttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/almost-gone-denise-Oehl/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/almost-gone-denise-Oehl/Almost GoneFri, 01 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyDenise M Oehlhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/aurelie-crisetig/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/aurelie-crisetig/If you don't share, were you really there?Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyAurelie Crisetighttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/i-could-go-crazy/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/i-could-go-crazy/friday after school: a cloud of black between my ears again. i lay my head next to my dog's head, wonder if she'll feel a difference when i die. it's a little thing, you know. smallestFri, 01 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMTPoetryAbigail Diazhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/jeff-lane/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/jeff-lane/UntitledFri, 01 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyJeff Scott Lanehttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/la-menagerie-de-mang/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/la-menagerie-de-mang/Families flocked here on the daily and Lance could never understand why. Sure, La Ménagerie de Mange offered only the finest and most unique dining experiences for their tourists, but surely, they had heard of the disappearances. All those kids vanishing yet no one had raise…Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMTMegan Anne Rogershttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/rapture-on-aisle-13/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/rapture-on-aisle-13/All I needed was a roll of duct tape. That’s it. Just something to temporarily patch up a hole in the ceiling of our garage, because my wife was afraid mice would get in. But that day, I made the mistake of wearing a yellow t-shirt and jeans, the uniform of everyone in the hom…Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMTClark Boydhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/reflections-deborah-beauchamp/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/reflections-deborah-beauchamp/ReflectionsFri, 01 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyDeborah Beauchamphttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/scar-tissue-emily-benson/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/scar-tissue-emily-benson/I try to imagine/try not to imagine My mother’s flesh parted under white light The noise the substitution must make And what becomes of the old bone?Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMTPoetryEmily Bensonhttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/sonn-we-must-sleep/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/sonn-we-must-sleep/Soon we must sleepFri, 01 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyKirk Eckstinehttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/the-anvils-of-time/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/the-anvils-of-time/The Anvils of TimeFri, 01 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMTArtwork & PhotographyAkshay Tiwarihttps://estheticapostle.org/pieces/the-professor/https://estheticapostle.org/pieces/the-professor/The professor sat alone in his den flipping through his ancient tomes in front of the crackling fire. It felt warm, but it did not warm his heart for he was unwarmable. He was as grey as a marble statue and just as hard and polished. There were some fine cracks in his skin,…Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMTKristen Howell