Apr 30, 2021 | Creative Non-Fiction
By Pete Weber A full glass of white Moscato wine sits on the table, barely touched. I am completely sober. I am a completely different person. I never imagined that my heart could have been reawakened as it has. The love and support she has provided me has been...
Apr 13, 2021 | Blog, Creative Non-Fiction, News
It’s Nonfiction week at Klio! This week, we are posting two new nonfiction submissions as a preview to Klio 2021, which will be fully released at the end of April. Want to read? Check it out below! “A Man and His Violin” by Ethan Liebross “Blue Tuesday” by Peter Weber...
Apr 13, 2021 | Creative Non-Fiction
By Ethan Liebross A webcam stares back at him in his Philadelphia apartment. At eye-level stands a recording mic. He plucks up his violin and drags his twenty-nine-inch bow off his shelf, smooths the horse-tail with rosin, and lets the wooden chambers sing. Emmanuel...
Apr 13, 2021 | Creative Non-Fiction
By Pete Weber My first therapy session was when I was 13 or so; I cannot really remember. What I do remember is the feeling of sitting in a doctor’s office waiting to be called. The office had a synthetic homeliness to it, making it truly disgusting. My mother...
Dec 12, 2019 | Creative Non-Fiction
I love to travel, a lot. Not only do I love to travel, but I love to travel alone. I was born in a typical Taiwanese family, but my childhood was not typical at all. Compared to other families who love to travel around the world, my parents’ wish was that I got to...
Dec 12, 2019 | Creative Non-Fiction
I. He has been erased and redrawn many times, like a recurring nightmare, forced to return with more agonizing detail. Numb, exhausted, with his last breath, he pushes on, the imaginary cargo in tow, with no destination in sight. His greatest enemy shines down on him...
