What Looks Like What Is, A Basil Rosa Story, and Gentian, An Essay, Both Published in Blood + Honey

A heartfelt thank you to fiction editors Jacki Hyatt and Cristiano Cardone, and particularly to Editor-In-Chief, David Estringel for including the Basil Rosa short story, What Looks Like What Is in the September 2025 issue of Blood + Honey. This link will take you to it: https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/what-looks-like-what-is

David Estringel also included the Basil Rosa creative nonfiction piece, Gentian, in this same issue. You can find Gentian here: https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/cnf/gentian 

Gentian appeared earlier in the year in Issue #4, June 2025, of The Argyle: https://www.theargylelitmag.com/nonfiction/gentian

Here, too, is a link to the Blood + Honey home page: https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/blood-honey-home-page

Visit David's website here: www.davidaestringel.com He's also on X, and Instagram.

David has written and/or published seven poetry/hybrid collections which include, Indelible Fingerprints (Alien Buddha Press, 2019), Blood Honey (Anxiety Press, 2022), Cold Comfort House (Anxiety Press, 2022), little punctures (Really Serious Literature, 2023), Blind Turns in the Kitchen Sink (Anxiety Press, 2023), Brujeria (Alien Buddha Press, 2025), and Down the Bermuda Highway (Alien Buddha Press, 2025). 

He has also written six poetry chapbooks: Punctures (Really Serious Literature, 2019), PeripherieS (The B’K, 2020), Eating Pears on the Rooftop (Finishing Line Press, 2022), Golden Calves (Back Room Poetry, 2023), Sour Grapes (Two Key Customs, 2023), and Blue (Back Room Poetry, 2023). 

David's first co-authored novel Escaping Emily was released by Thirty West Publishing House in June 2024.

His screenwriting includes awards for his projects, "Roadkill," and "Brujo."