A Walk on the West Side

by Sarah Jones

An actress reflects on morals, racial stereotyping and the perils of West Coast jaywalking.

Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for The New Yorker and author of the bestselling books The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Outliers: The Story of Success, and What The Dog Saw: And Other Adventures.

Her Way

by Malcolm Gladwell

A well-intentioned wedding toast goes horribly awry for a young man and his friends.

Mug Shot

by Steve Osborne

An NYPD detective gets a surprise while hunting for the city's most wanted felons.

Dale

by Jessi Klein

A woman is reluctant to attend her sister's wedding in Disney World. 

Boris Timanovsky

Boris Timanovsky is a financial software developer.

Pen Pal

by Boris Timanovsky

Boris Timanovsky has a transatlantic pen pal adventure.

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie is the author of ten novels, include Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses, The Enchantress of Florence, and most recently the children's book Luka and The Fire of Life. He received the Best of the Booker in 2008, as well as the 2009 Moth Award, honoring the art of raconteuring.

Writer's Block

by Salman Rushdie

Unable to finish his novel, a man travels to war-torn Central America to try to shake things up and escape the safety of the writerly life.

Terrence Buckner

Terrence Buckner is a graduate of the Moth Community Education Program and student of Wadleigh, a performing arts High School in Harlem. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Last Laugh

by Terrence Buckner

A Brooklyn teen meets resistance from his family and community after admitting he’s gay.

Bernie Somers

Bernie Somers is a writer. He is 5"10, 172 pounds and he likes ice cream and daisies.

Women and Children

by Bernie Somers

An amateur songwriter imagines the music he'd write for the musical 'Titanic.'

Miss Kitty

by Ophira Eisenberg

Ophira lands a coveted role in the school play.

Ed Gavagan

Ed Gavagan owns a design/build firm in Manhattan. He's built homes and furniture for fancy people and humble folk on four continents, including The Moth headquarters in NYC. He's shared his stories with live audiences across world, on the Moth Radio Hour, A&E Biography channel, and given a TED talk.

Victim's Impact

by Ed Gavagan

Having survived a random, brutal and almost deadly gang attack in NYC, Ed decides he’ll head back home to Wyoming to recuperate.

Father Figure

by Steve Zimmer

Hoping to impress his girlfriend's son with a glassblowing demonstration has disastrous repercussions.

Roland Rocchiccioli

Roland Rocchiccioli started in the theater in 1966. His childhood memoir, And Be Home Before Dark: A Childhood on the Edge of Nowhere was published in 2010. Set in the gold fields of the 1950s, it was a time and place the like of which Australia will never know again.

Extraordinary Mother

by Roland Rocchiccioli

A man's life is changed by the loss of his mother.

Susan Duncan

Susan Duncan is the best selling author of Salvation Creek. She lives in Pittwater, Australia with her husband and feisty terrier, Chip Chop.