~ If you’re feeling hopeless with the power imbalance in the world and the looming sense of dread for a polluted future to come, read this, and regain hope.

~ and a good exploration of conservatism destroying the true morals of legends and myths. VERY Good Omens in its writing and character types, with a gay knight, a black knight, a queer collection of eco-feminists, and rightly sticking it to conservative fear-mongering thrown in for some spice. ~

~ and King Asleep In Mountain mythology, and plonks them into a scarily very near future where global warning apocalypse is a week or two away. Very working class vs. ruling class, relatable feelings of hopelessness and also ‘keep calm and carry on’ hope you get in all corners of activism, ~

~ A read for the Millennials; a warning for future creators and a flashback for those who made today.

~ the air thick with the stage dust of a New York college student theatre. A story of looking back to a time where you worked harder than you should have, pushed yourself beyond what should have been possible, said things you shouldn’t have, done things you regret, and missing them as simple times ~

~ Synaesthetic with the whirs and hums of CRT monitors working overtime into the night, the glare of Californian summer sunshine through hospital windows, the echoing hollow knocks of pizzeria arcade machines, the ticklish texture of a maze drawn on a bat mitzvah invitation, ~

~ their personal past, and the accelerating tech boom of America. Poetically scattered in narrative to suit every character’s fluctuating personalities, with snippets of those small moments written authentic enough to be a real biography. ~

Do the execs have your family hostage? Are you going to be hunted down if you don’t pay back your dues now? Everyone’s struggling; nothing excuses this sudden surge of disappointments.

So if you need to keep working with art, design, videos and photography, know that you don't HAVE to keep using Adobe products. Changing tools sucks, I know. But it's the right thing to do.

~ framing a pack of Marlboro cigarettes, the mumble of Kylie Minogue playing from another room in an apartment complex. If you’re happy to get your heart broken by an honest story of queer love, read it at any given free time within 2 weeks.