Piercing the Veil: Fatal Fractures and Finality in “BLACK SWAN” By JILLIAN KRISTINA Precision, poise, taking every direction. Disciplined, subdued, vying for perfection. Contorting to fit within a prison, not of our own creation – a caged bird, bursting at...
INTERVIEW: Alexandra West on Navigating Concepts of Beauty, Worth and Acceptance in “GORE-GEOUS: PERSONAL ESSAYS ON BEAUTY AND HORROR” By JILLIAN KRISTINA Is it trauma response, or is it Ozempic? I couldn’t help but cackle as I read the dark line from Alexandra West’s...
PIERCING THE VEIL: MEETING RACHEL STAVIS – INTERVIEW WITH AN EXORCIST By JILLIAN KRISTINA For this very special installment of PIERCING THE VEIL, I had the immense honor of speaking with someone who has lived most of her life riding the hedge and communing with the...
Piercing the Veil: Meeting the Empress of Rot with “GRETEL AND HANSEL” By JILLIAN KRISTINA Hunger can drive us to do mad things. Hunger can contort and deform us, transforming us through desperation and frenzied rage. Hunger can lash and whip and brutalize...
Piercing the Veil: Burning it all down with “BAGHEAD” By JILLIAN KRISTINA Sometimes, opportunity knocks. We may find ourselves circling the drains of our lives, not knowing which way is up, maybe never having known a reprieve from the constant struggle....
