In the Mist

Notes on cruising. 

Duke Alvarez: American Mummy Outlaw; or, The Undead Years of Phillipe LaFontaine

The manner of my demise is of little interest, besides serving as our jumping off point.

Playing Records For Lovers: An Interview with Pete Crighton

The author of The Vinyl Diaries on coming of age during the AIDS pandemic, midlife crises, and the music his younger partners recommend. 

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In the Mist

Notes on cruising. 

Duke Alvarez: American Mummy Outlaw; or, The Undead Years of Phillipe LaFontaine

The manner of my demise is of little interest, besides serving as our jumping off point.

Playing Records For Lovers: An Interview with Pete Crighton

The author of The Vinyl Diaries on coming of age during the AIDS pandemic, midlife crises, and the music his younger partners recommend. 

Frequency Illusion

Love was not a drink, and my pursuit of it did not fit perfectly into the rubric of addiction, but it had taken me.

Party in Hell

Unlike the many high profile hip-hop figures who have fallen from grace due to their misdeeds in recent years, Playboi Carti's misconduct shows no signs of slowing down his ascent.

'I May Dwell in Darkness to Affirm its Opposite': An Interview with Eugene Marten

Talking to the author of Pure Life about brand names as verbal death, distrusting omniscience in fiction, and elite semicolon use.

Strange Light Presents: Eugene Marten in Conversation

Join us to see the Pure Life author discuss his new novel with Defector editor David Roth in an exclusive virtual event.

‘There’s Nothing More Human Than Being Infected with a Virus’: An interview with Joseph Osmundson

The author of Virology on science fiction metaphors, the fascism of wellness culture, and our intimate relationship to viruses. 

Street Meat Stories

Writing and whoring—selling a body or a body of work—what’s the difference?

The Goodest Girl

“I’m not afraid of a dare,” I said. “I’ll do whatever.”

‘A Portrait of Dangerous, Painful Love': An Interview with Fawn Parker

The author of What We Both Know on literary scenes, abusive relationships, and weary characters.