You wake up from a bad dream about missing an exam and daydream about a pay raise while you grab breakfast. Along the way, you make a future.

“I think there’s a little bit of a villain in all of us.” – R.J Joseph.

“To be perceived is an element of putting things out in the world.” – Kalehua Kim.

“Books are entertainment. They should delight, and they can delight in serious and comical ways.” – A. Natasha Joukovsky

“Everybody is in transition — everybody is constantly moving through life and changing in various ways.” —Edward Underhill

“[The] way I like to keep going… is to keep all my senses open to story.” — Tayyba Kanwal

“Intention is the key—if there’s a reason to be moving in that way, then just go with it.” —Lucas Schaeffer

“Just keep going, keep writing all the time. If you do that, you will get there.” —Kelsey Cox

“Ensemble is [about] people [placed] into the lives of other people. But it’s also [about] the sense of community and friendship — how we don’t have to be alone anymore.” —Parini Shroff

“The idea that one single story can be distilled into one single perfect text is one that I reject…” – Vaishnavi Patel