Welcome To JK Talla — The Home Of Harry Hogg.
Stories live here — stories shaped by memory, distance, and the quiet places where a person finds who they are.
We believe in the power of words to steady a life, open a window, or stir a forgotten moment awake.
Whether you wander into a short story, a poem, or a reflection, I hope you find something that feels true to you.
Make yourself at home.
The journey begins wherever you decide to step in.
The author at home in Mendocino, California
With Thanks
Every site grows because people choose to believe in it early.
I want to offer my sincere thanks to the first readers who stepped forward and helped this place begin to take shape:
Andy Edge
Jack Herlocker
Darrel Boyd
Jerry Dwyer
P. Clifford
Your support doesn’t just help keep the lights on.
It gives the work a reason to keep moving.
I’m grateful for your trust, your generosity, and your willingness to help something quiet grow.
— Harry
Three Minutes At Sea
Sunset. Whales. A Little Peace.
“Thank you for spending a few quiet minutes at JKTalla.”
COMING SOON
An Inch Above The Ice is a collection of stories about those people.
Dockworkers staring into fog before dawn.
Lonely travelers.
Women and men trying to outrun grief.
A boy at the edge of the sea.
A stranger in a courtroom.
A forgotten road somewhere after midnight.
These are stories about memory, love, regret, violence, tenderness, and the thin places where a life can change forever.
Some are dark.
Some gentle.
Some leave the light on for you at the end.
But all of them ask the same question:
How do ordinary people keep going when the ice beneath them begins to crack?
Written with the atmosphere of coastal towns, long winters, distant stations, empty bars, and quiet human moments, An Inch Above The Ice is less interested in heroes than in survivors.
The people who carry on.
The people who almost didn’t.
Coming soon through JKTalla.