Yelp Review - The Manji
I'm not sure why the old man asks during the thick of combat whether you found the sword on top of the waterfall. What does this say about father figures, how they make boys into men through inadequate weaponry and cryptic advice? Do not let the need for answers lower your shoulder, your shield. This place needs blood, any blood; don't give it yours.
J. Bradley's is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominated writer whose work has appeared in numerous literary journals including decomP, Hobart, and Prairie Schooner. He was the Interviews Editor of PANK, the Flash Fiction Editor of NAP, and the Web Editor of Monkeybicycle. He is the author of the poetry collection Dodging Traffic (Ampersand Books, 2009), the novella Bodies Made of Smoke (HOUSEFIRE, 2012), and the graphic poetry collection The Bones of Us (YesYes Books, 2014), illustrated by Adam Scott Mazer. He is the curator of the Central Florida reading series There Will Be Words and lives at iheartfailure.net.
I'm not sure why the old man asks during the thick of combat whether you found the sword on top of the waterfall. What does this say about father figures, how they make boys into men through inadequate weaponry and cryptic advice? Do not let the need for answers lower your shoulder, your shield. This place needs blood, any blood; don't give it yours.
J. Bradley's is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominated writer whose work has appeared in numerous literary journals including decomP, Hobart, and Prairie Schooner. He was the Interviews Editor of PANK, the Flash Fiction Editor of NAP, and the Web Editor of Monkeybicycle. He is the author of the poetry collection Dodging Traffic (Ampersand Books, 2009), the novella Bodies Made of Smoke (HOUSEFIRE, 2012), and the graphic poetry collection The Bones of Us (YesYes Books, 2014), illustrated by Adam Scott Mazer. He is the curator of the Central Florida reading series There Will Be Words and lives at iheartfailure.net.