fiction

  • Roasted to Perfection

    When I reached out to talk to comedian, writer, actor, and activist Lukas Arnold, he suggested that we meet at one of his favorite locations in NYC: an elevated rooftop garden in Wall Street. Walking between the narrow streets of the financial district, I wasn’t expecting such a beautifully thought-out and open garden hidden among…

    Roasted to Perfection
  • Funny Business

    Britt Migs is no stranger to taking opportunity after opportunity and when there isn’t any, creating her own. But the most recent and most impressive of her achievements is her touring show, Dolphin Mode. When we met in Tompkins Park, she had just returned from a trip from Boston and before that, L.A., tired, but…

    Funny Business
  • Caught in a Reality

    In a world of fantasy and fairytales, with little to no explanation, the impossible can become reality. It’s a genre that returns the reader to their childhood playground, where rules can be made up as they go and new worlds to explore are constantly floating on the horizon. Yet many fantasies, specifically high fantasy stories,…

    Caught in a Reality
  • Beyond Legacy

    “The reality is that there is a reason why when you think enough about your future you gets chills,” Trent Orange tells me. Trent loves to focus on feelings that can’t be named and ideas that come from a secret source hidden in all of us. Trent is a writer, but he’s also a mentor,…

    Beyond Legacy