The Birthday Present

by Brock Grant

A forced birthday outing launches a reluctant teenager into adulthood.

Neighborhood Watch

by Steve Zimmer

Steve Zimmer's family is not the most popular, but their attention to detail does help solve a rash of neighborhood crimes.

Brad Lawrence

Brad Lawrence is a writer and performer who can be seen at burlesque shows and live theater events around New York. He is the first person to win back to back Moth GrandSLAMS.

Let Me Sleep On It

by Brad Lawrence

A romance begins to the music of Meat Loaf.

Dog Days of Spanish Harlem

by Ernesto Quiñonez

An adolescent money-making scheme is hatched in 1970s Spanish Harlem. 

Sara Peters

Sara Peters lives in New York City with her husband, Peter Aguero. As of yet, they have no children. She writes about surviving unemployment with hope and humor on her blog, and still thinks that Ocarina of Time is the best video game ever.

Andy Christie

Andy Christie is the creator and host of The Liar Show and cofounder of Slim Films, an illustration and animation studio based in New York. His writing has appeared in The New York Times and in the Thomas Beller anthology Lost and Found: Stories from New York.

The Ghost of Christmas Presents

by Andy Christie

A boy is underwhelmed by his Christmas present.

Her Name Was Zelda

by Sara Peters

A girl realizes that video games are not training for life.

Flora Hogman

Flora Hogman is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Manhattan. She has done extensive research on trauma and identity relating to aspects of survival from the Holocaust especially concerning children during and after the war, the effects of conversion to Christianity on adult identity, and resolution of trauma.

My Name, Embroidered

by Flora Hogman

World War II separates a young girl from her mother.

Jennifer Mascia

Jennifer Mascia was born in Miami, raised in California and has lived in New York for 19 years. A graduate of Hunter College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, she worked at the New York Times for eight years, where she wrote for the Neediest Cases and wrote and edited The Gun Report.

Just Business

by Jennifer Mascia

A woman makes a series of discoveries about her family's past.

Audrey Pleasant

Audrey Ellen Pleasant is a native New Yorker who has spent the better part of her life entertaining others. She is the mother of three, grandmother of seven, and the author of several poems and a book. She's a graduate of the Moth Community Program.

Lil' Mama

by Audrey Pleasant

A wallflower teaches herself the slide and ends up in the spotlight.

Targeted

by Jen Lee

An evangelist searches for souls and customers in the aisles of a Target store.

Stephen C. James

Stephen C. James fled Texas in 1999 and moved to LA where, since 2003, he has run the drama program at an area middle school directing over a dozen plays featuring awesomely awkward and awkwardly awesome. He's also a devoted member of the Los Angeles sketch and improv community.

Over Dramatic

by Stephen C. James

A middle school teacher desperately tries to make the show goes on.

Peter Hyman

Peter Hyman is the author The Reluctant Metrosexual: Dispatches From An Almost-Hip Life. His essays appeared in various anthologies including The Best American Essays 2010 and Bar Mitzvah Disco. He's written for The New York Times, New York Magazine, GQ, McSweeney's, NPR, and Slate.com.

Kat Burdick

Kat (Miller) Burdick graduated from Shimer College, a Great Books school who has a long tradition of turning weird kids into gutsy, awesome adults. She's a portrait photographer and by night a comedian, where you can see her performing all over New York City.