Feels like: When everybody said “There’s no way that would actually happen!” and then it actually happened. Song pairing: “Til It Happens To You” by Lady Gaga The Handmaid’s Tale was a book on the summer reading list in high school that I never got to read. But looking back at the subject matter that
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
Feels like: The Blob meets Buffy. Song pairing: “The Only Way” by Tricky 🐻”We held eachother for a time in that hideaway, that unexpected sanctuary, while the city smoldered and the world went on changing without us.” 🐻 I read the Annihilation Series a few years ago, in a fanatic spiral of science fiction and
The Gloaming by Melanie Finn
Feels like: Reading a postcard from an old college girlfriend who is traversing the globe to disguise her poor life choices, and still thinking, “Just can’t keep up with (insert name of that person you’re definitely thinking of), that bitch.” Song pairing: “Changed” by Jp Saxe (Vasco remix) 👗”I saw her face and she did not
His Girl Fridays: Oven Fresh
It’s been a great week for baking, and a terrible week for the earth. Do these things balance? Probably not, but my oven is at least not going to set the world on fire like our President. Our local supermarket was having a sale on spices and I snagged a bunch of premium matcha &
The Grip If It by Jac Jemc
Feels like: Seeing something out of the corner of your eye, but it’s just a hat rack. Wait, you don’t have a hat rack. Song pairing: “Saturn” by Sufjan Stevens Meet James and Julie. They live in the city, work semi-professional jobs, and are married for a blip before James’ gambling addiction drains him of his savings
Pizza, Please!
Story Time & Imaginative Play The fondest childhood memories of pizza I have are from Chuck-E-Cheese. The grease, the tokens, the religious fervor with which I worshiped that weird rodent mascot; it all brings back the first moment of bliss in which pizza is distilled into a child’s life. The pacifying equality of pizza in a busy