Arkippiana

On his first day working at small-town paper, The Arkippiana Gazette, Stan Neely interacts with the locals; crazy townies, sociopath cops, and some very opinionated greeting cards.

Just a Little Blues About a Girl

Jacob is stuck in a rut. Fogged out and depressed after a break up, he seeks a spiritual reset: trying DMT. His search leads him to South Pasadena, where he enlists the help of a spiritual healer named Laura. After being invited into her sacred temple it becomes clear that Jacob’s case of the blues may be a symptom of a bigger problem. Laura cleanses him with bells, sananga and other holistic divine healings. But, it is not enough. She discovers a great darkness in Jacob’s aura and urgently pleads for him to partake in a taboo ritual. Could...