Nov 5, 2021Mr. Right or Mr. Right Now?: How Technology is Changing the Playing FieldGIZMODO June 20, 2021 — Natalie Wexel New York, NY Caviar at your doorstep in minutes, On-Demand Support Animal Shares, and Selfie Stylists, the Gig Economy is in its official heyday, and over the last decade, we’ve seen huge industry leaders really step up their game. In September of last…Satire2 min readSatire2 min read
Sep 23, 2021I Subscribed to My Ex on Twitch So I Could Finally Say GoodbyeSam and I met in a Barnes and Noble right before New Years Eve of 2019. I had sworn off dating anyone to focus on my career and recover from my cross-country move from NY to LA. But in a quaint bookstore off the highway in sleepy Ventura, I took…Relationships13 min readRelationships13 min read
Jun 14, 2020Clairvoyant’s DebutA Miss Pearl Story There was a pernicious rumor going around town recently. That the theatre play The Clairvoyant had bailed Thiago Mestaphes out of his most recent bankruptcy. …Dungeons And Dragons6 min readDungeons And Dragons6 min read
May 7, 2020Uzumaki Naruto: The Patron Saint of Hard Word (Yes, Really)An essay about embracing failure and pushing on. Staten Island, NY, Circa 1990 Now, it’s clear to me that this essay won’t appeal to everyone. That’s natural, how can it? I grew up in the 90s as the child of former Soviets who’d moved to Staten Island, NY for a quieter life. And while I…Anime6 min readAnime6 min read
Apr 29, 2020Is It Okay To Miss The Summertime?A letter to the things I miss about being outside. It’s six am on the third sleepless morning in a row. The heat, the anxiety, and the general irritation of being stuck in quarantine is sitting on me like a second skin. Overhead, the helicopters make another trip through the…Nonfiction3 min readNonfiction3 min read
Apr 19, 2020JoshuaAt first glance, I hardly recognized him. He was standing across the street under the awning of a dusty gas station, skinnier than I’d ever seen him. He had his hands in the pockets of his pullover, his long black hair hanging in greasy strands in front of his face. …Fiction10 min readFiction10 min read
Mar 30, 2020VaugebookingAn Excerpt from the novel Creeps, Anonymous “Hey, so all those vague passive aggressive statuses about your friends really tickle me.” Olivia was leaning against the kitchen counter, poking around in the melted remnants of her Cherry Garcia. She looked up, “I don’t have those.” Sebastian grinned, “Yeah you do.” …Literary Fiction2 min readLiterary Fiction2 min read
Mar 22, 2020Love in the Time of Corona Pt. 1Before the Quarantine When Dale asked me to go gym-short shopping, I couldn’t come up with a good reason to say no. We lived together, we attended the same gym together, and our apartment laundry machine had just torn up a recent load of our clothes. It wasn’t that I…Queer Literature5 min readQueer Literature5 min read
Mar 10, 2020A Greenpoint Tale“You’re a Cancer,” she said it with so much unwavering cheer that he paused over dinner for a moment, trying to remember the astrological crib sheet he’d memorized when wooing her. It had become difficult to hear her as the L train passed directly overhead, rocking the rustic corrugated steel…Greenpoint3 min readGreenpoint3 min read
Jan 10, 2020Stars That LaughThe watering hole — with its dusty plastic counters — was at the end of the known universe. He had traveled to every imaginable star just to come here to see where it all began and it all ended. Somehow, the Spaceman expected more. The walls were a harsh white…Fiction2 min readFiction2 min read
