Lydia Velez

Lydia Velez has been working as a registered nurse for 26 years. She's now the Nurse Manager of the Medical Surgical Unit at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York.

Fearless

by Lydia Velez

An experienced nurse has to act fast to save a life.

Rickie Johnson

Rickie Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He was exonerated in 2008, after serving 25 years, thanks to The Innocence Project – an organization dedicated to freeing wrongfully convicted men and women, with help from DNA testing.

Innocent

by Rickie Johnson

A prisoner is contacted by a girl who says she’s his daughter.

Charles Fatone

Charles Fatone is a constituent of SAGE, Service and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders. He is a Moth Community Program graduate.

Just One Drink

by Charles Fatone

A single man ventures into a gay bar in the Greenwich Village in the 1970s.

Kim Parati

Kim Parati works in corporate development at a radio station and an Equity stage actor.

The Telephone Call

by Kim Parati

A woman discovers a family secret at age 21.

Benjamin Lillie

Ben Lillie is the co-founder and director of The Story Collider, where people are invited to tell stories of their personal experience with science. He is also a Moth StorySLAM Champion and contributing editor for TED.com.

Passions and Protons

by Benjamin Lillie

A physicist rethinks his career path - and his medication.

Josh Broder

Josh Broder worked as an actor and director for over twenty years. Now he makes his living as a writer and an executive coach. He is the co-author of two screenplays, one a romantic comedy based on his Bible Belt tour in a Passion Play, the other a biopic of a great American charlatan.

Cut

by Josh Broder

A character actor shares the backstory of a pivotal scene in a classic movie. 

Alan Gordon

Alan Gordon has been a public defender with the New York City Legal Aid Society for nearly 30 years, a Kleban Prize-winning librettist and lyricist, and the author of eight mystery novels and many short stories.

The Encyclopedia Brown Moment

by Alan Gordon

Alan Gordon is a public defender who has always longed for an Encyclopedia Brown moment.

Amy Brill

Amy Brill is a writer and producer. Her debut novel is entitled The Movement of Stars.

Future Perfect

by Amy Brill

A Brooklyn mom has to deviate from her birth plan.

Hector Black

Hector Black was an organic farmer who lived outside of Nashville, Tennessee. He served in the army during World War II and graduated from Harvard in 1949.  He died in 2020, at home surrounded by friends and family. He was laid to rest next to his daughter Patricia and wife, Susie, in the family cemetery underneath dawn redwoods he planted many years ago.

Forgiveness

by Hector Black

A man strives to grant forgiveness after a devastating loss.

Rebecca Nesson

Rebecca Nesson is a computer programer, urban forager and gardner, biker, mom, kid, wife, sister, and lover of doing things from scratch. She lives and has always lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, because she thinks it's a really special place. She was one of the developers of The Moth mobile app, available now.

Coming To Term

by Rebecca Nesson

Rebecca Nesson's difficult second pregnancy has consequences for her marriage.