Lowstakes Stories

As a librarian working in an underwater library, Ramos likes his peace and quiet, which is distrubed only a few times a year when an author swims by to do a book signing...

Lemony goes around town looking for a Halloween costume. ̶d̶i̶d̶ ̶I̶ ̶m̶e̶a̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶w̶r̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶h̶a̶l̶l̶o̶w̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶s̶p̶e̶c̶i̶a̶l̶?̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶b̶e̶...

Inspired by lo-fi artist City Girl's 2018 album "Neon Impasse," this story follows a character named Lex as she deals with life as an artist and the melancholy...

A fake emo. A perfectionist. A crazy teacher. A small-stakes robbery. A money-crazed CVS manager. An accomplice. An unlikely robber. All of their stories collide when Ja...