Musings and Curio
The melody of our love was left in pavement and dust; the notes lost among abyssal macadam. Whatever songs I played for you while your hands shadowed mine in playful caress has been forfeited to distilled time. You whispered promises of a life to be spent together, but from the grave, they are now muted. I miss you every day, but I... Continue Reading →
Quick update to what's been happening on the writing front. And yes, things are happening! Here's what's in the pipeline (or recently left it): "Sombra". My time travel adventure story is currently available from CossMass Infinities magazine. "Crimson Heart". Short story written by myself and Vince Stadon for The Nefarious Villains of Sherlock Holmes Volume... Continue Reading →
My latest short story, "Sombra", is now available in issue 7 of Cossmass Infinities magazine! "Law & Order" / CSI meets time travel as a temporal agent investigates a case with deeper ties to his past than he realizes... Purchase in Kindle / MOBI and ePub format from here!
Now that the Kickstarter is live, I can announced that writing partner-in-crime Vince Stadon and I have a short story in Volume 2 of this upcoming anthology. Our story "Crimson Heart" features the villain Black Gorgiano from the story "The Adventure of the Red Circle". The collection is expected to be out in March 2022.... Continue Reading →
One of the proverbial irons I currently have in the fire is a short story in an upcoming issue of science fiction and fantasy magazine Cossmass Infinities. The January 2022 issue will include my story, "Sombra", with cover art by Grandfailure. Very excited to see this released! You can pre-order the issue (and / or... Continue Reading →
You wrote to me from Chicago, in summer,telling me you were starting over.You told me you were giving the baby up for adoption,that you were too young, and it too precious. You wrote to me of late 20th century dreams,of hope not yet brittle and streets farfrom our muted suburbia(no dreams grew here among the... Continue Reading →
Local diner captured on my iPhone 12 Pro. Felt à propos. Image copyright © 2021 Julio Angel Ortiz.
From my latest Emotionless ATMs EP, Memories From Gehenna. I'm rather fond of this one. https://soundcloud.com/eatms/the-second-coming
I gave to you all the beautifultruths and lies I could conjure, keepsakes from a different time,held breathless on the edge of all "maybe's". And there you sat, a spiral throughcreation stranded upon pale pages, a siren born from static and bone. And in this cacophony are facesof the once-loved and always loved, the tapestry... Continue Reading →
Julio Angel Ortiz | Writer 