Pretty Good Interviews — Public Works
Public Works is the stage name denoting a Midwest emo musician from Ocean County, New Jersey. His debut EP “Pocket Knife” releases June 27.
Untitled Lesbian Spaceship Story
When the newspaper girl started to walk her home from school, her parents would say nothing. On the contrary, she’d talk at length: some about war, some about trains that passed through town — mostly, above all, about the stars.
Miss Agatha
Her father melted into the pinewood, his ashes rooted in the charred, blackened remains — in those spaces she could once call home.
The Trial of the Demon King
“I detest your God, yes. Though, He was not the one to turn Heaven’s Gate on me. It was you. You humans that have banished me here.”
Letter from the Editor: For a Pretty Good Friend
Something as simple as the small comfort of her still being discussed in the present tense serves as an unshakable reminder of this, of the power our voices hold when we seem to have control over nothing else.
It’s Just a Question
Britt had three answers prepared. She fired out the first one that felt right.
Unfortunate Affairs: Reviewing Netflix’s Ashley Madison Documentary
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal directed by Toby Paton is a three-episode docu-series on Netflix about the birth, evolution, and demise of Ashley Madison, the app for extramarital affairs.
Pretty Good Interviews — Paolo lacovelli
Paolo Iacovelli is a French-Italian-Colombian writer born and raised in New York City. He received his MFA from Columbia’s School of the Arts. The King of Video Poker is his debut novel.
Letter From the Editor: Pretty Good Liar
Truth be told, there’s a lot of moral gray in this month’s issue: all the stories we’re publishing happen to carry the same undercurrent of deception.
Letter from the Editor — Pretty Good, Pretty Bad
“Break” seems like a generous word for this stretch of time… I haven’t met a single student who’s had a relaxing December.
Letter from the Editor: Pretty Good Hindsight
Memory is a dangerous thing for how easily one can become lost in it. It is also one of the most powerful tools a society can utilize to propel itself forward, if its members are aware of how to learn from rather than replicate it.
Pretty Good Beginnings
These students have shown me how much fun writing can be when it’s not brimming with citations or journalistic jargon.
Bad Grandpa
My grandpa was an asshole. Ask anybody who knew him. He was quick to anger, found any reason to take someone to court, and was wildly inappropriate—making me believe that my middle name was ‘retard’ for the first ten years of my life and that ‘greaseball’ was a term of endearment for Italians.
Flea Brained Fool
I’ve become a flea brained, flea brain, flea brained
I’ve become a tree brained, flea brained fool…
