Essays and Stories


The stories you will read here are in large part incomplete and represent the 2017 year trains of thought and style of my writings. You are free to browse under the acceptance that these are works in progress, and do not yet constitute a final product in any way.

Also included are works written by my father, Manuel Santiago Sr. during his daily writes between 1985-1993. These works were written during his early 20’s practicing his creative liberties while raising his children, and I will keep his works here as an honor to my siblings, who may like to revisit his memories someday. I took great comfort while studying overseas and having his first works keep me company.


Works by Nicholas Santiago

If You Would Only Let It BeObscura: The Literary and Arts Magazine of Lehman College, Vol. 11, March 2020. 

Scars on the Battlefront (forthcoming)

Purity in the CemeteryObscura: The Literary and Arts Magazine of Lehman College, Vol. 9, February 2018. 

No Saviors Abound (2017)

Anthem of Silence (forthcoming)


Works by Manuel Santiago Sr.

Life – The Book (premiere work) (1985)

The Pen Pal (1986)