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Foreign Fantasy
I wish for a fantasy. And so it goes… In a far distant land, I find myself lost. What I search for, I do not know. Where I have been will...

Justin H. Briggs
Sep 285 min read


Desperate Dealings
I was drunk when I fell asleep but not drunk enough to sleep soundly through the night. Of course, I was visited in the night, or...

Justin H. Briggs
Sep 276 min read


Cold Cuts: THE trip
Get it while it’s still cold, you never know when things will heat up… Cold Cuts: THE trip via Amazon (solely digital)

Justin H. Briggs
Sep 261 min read


The Darker Sort
There is a common understanding that our lives are ours, determined over the course of events by our autonomous choices. We are the...

Justin H. Briggs
Sep 255 min read


HARAHEY
Stone Tool, JHB, 2025 HARAHEY Blades HARAHEY History

Justin H. Briggs
Sep 211 min read


Bitchin’ Birthday Baby
$5 paperback available soon… $3 digital copy available for pre-order NOW, to arrive at your device 10/12/2025… Enjoy! “Ordinary Average...

Justin H. Briggs
Sep 141 min read


Ten Minutes On The Clock
So this is how it works, the seconds tick and the words flow. I imagine I am the literary John Henry; my white, cis, het-norm, disabled,...

Justin H. Briggs
Sep 72 min read


Uhmerica The Dutiful
O dutiful with shaded eyes To capitalize their gain To drive ego-free taxis past we Below your boots in pain! America! Uh…merica? God...

Justin H. Briggs
Sep 41 min read


Life...At A Cost
I broke down in tears at the pharmacy this morning because I cost too much to live. No, seriously, it costs at least $1400 additionally...

Justin H. Briggs
Sep 25 min read


Positive Disruptor: Father Gale
Positive disruptors are people who by their very nature not only influence their environment, but do so in a progressive manner. They are...

Justin H. Briggs
Aug 295 min read


Sun Ounce
He was a new man suddenly, as if the old one were consumed to be reborn; a Phoenix on the rise. The route to new heights as daunting and...

Justin H. Briggs
Aug 214 min read


Thank You
He showed up smelling of herb and alcohol as I opened the door. I had told him to wait, asked for his patience while I “prepared for...

Justin H. Briggs
Aug 82 min read


Where I Am In The World RN
My latest piece for Yuvoice on urbanization is live now: https://yuvoice.org/urban-puberty/

Justin H. Briggs
Jul 261 min read


Mountains Moved
The Drive Out “Yeah, so it’s a live gold mine, live meaning they still harvest from it. We are gonna walk in a real, working mine.” “We...

Justin H. Briggs
May 153 min read


Here Again Already
God get me outta Ada Feeling like a baked potata Crusted crinkle roasted skin Soft fluffy vulnerable within Did not come here by choice...

Justin H. Briggs
Apr 261 min read


Why the Stigma?
My latest piece from Brainz Magazine concerning my thoughts on the stigma of mental illness. Enjoy! Why Is The Stigma Around Mental...

Justin H. Briggs
Apr 91 min read
knowledge
To know is to do To do is to attempt To attempt is to believe To believe is to live Before the hip exploded There were no questions No...

Justin H. Briggs
Apr 81 min read


Evel
There was a glint in the eye A coy smirk on the mouth An ego riding lightning Were god to take notice He’d never have gotten Off the...

Justin H. Briggs
Apr 81 min read


The Facilitator
“They’re fencing us all in!”, exclaimed the drunk, this wreck and shell of a man, with such authority as to draw no nevermind. The saloon was damp from the collective spring rain and toil sweat about the patrons. Never had anyone seen so much rain down the valley, not even The Old Indian, according to the drunk. These patrons, men mostly, crowded about the wooden tables under dimly-lit lamps passing the evening. Here a cowpoke; soiled and weary. There a rail conductor; passed

Justin H. Briggs
Apr 612 min read


bird bar
I peeked into The Bird Bar On a wet spring afternoon A burned out buzzard nodding along A robin and meadowlark Bitched about their lives...

Justin H. Briggs
Apr 41 min read
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