The Advanced Beginner

by Mary Coomer

Mary Furlong Coomer falls in love with flamenco as a little girl.

Meet the New Moth Interns

Tony Wheeler

Tony Wheeler, along with his wife, is the founder of the Lonely Planet guidebook company. He’s also the author of Tony Wheeler’s Bad Lands.

Adventures without Borders

by Tony Wheeler

The founder of Lonely Planet's daughter has a near death experience.

To Have and to Howl

by Aaron Wolfe

Aaron Wolfe wants to prove to his wife that he is an adventurous and exciting person.

Tony Wheeler & Aaron Wolfe

A tale of family adventure from the founder of Lonely Planet, and a man has a run in with some Howler monkeys in Nicaragua.

Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls is the author of The New York Times best selling memoir, The Glass Castle. She lives in New York and on Long Island.

Demon of the Past

by Jeannette Walls

A woman learns to embrace her past.

S&M&Mom&Dad

by Shalom Auslander

A son uncovers his father’s collection of pornography.

Shalom Auslander & Jeannette Walls

A son finds his dad’s porn collection which reveals something surprising about his parent’s relationship and a woman learns to embrace her past.

Sponsorship

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Angela Lush

Angela Lush lives up to the dual meaning of her name. She's been a scientist, a tarot card reader and many other jobs in between but now she runs Lush Logic, a copywriting and editing agency in Adelaide, South Australia. This may all be about to change. Living most of her life incognito, Angela is now looking forward to traveling the world au naturale and writing more creative non-fiction or fiction or poetry or d, all of the above.

TJ McDonald

Born and raised in New Zealand, TJ McDonald decided in his early thirties that he was sick and tired of all the fresh air and natural beauty - so he moved to London. TJ now lives with his fiancée in a church in Crystal Palace. He is a part time stand up comedian and full time karaoke enthusiast.

Little Lonely Bird

by TJ McDonald

A New Zealander visits America only to discover he's completely out of place. 

Unicorn Tattoo

by Angela Lush

A woman decides to rebel against her family by getting a tattoo.

Angela Lush & TJ McDonald

A woman decides to rebel against her family by getting a tattoo and a New Zealander visits America only to discover he's completely out of place.

The Next Generation of Story Teachers

Mary Navarre

Sister Mary Navarre is currently the director of Archives for the Dominican Sisters in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She loves her job because she gets to collect, arrange, organize, preserve and share stories about the sisters and their lives since 1877 when the first sisters arrived in America from Bavaria.

Catholic School Dropout

by Mary Navarre

A Catholic school dropout finds her calling as a teacher and, eventually, a Catholic nun.

George Lombardi & Mary Navarre

A young doctor is whisked halfway across the globe to care for an ailing international religious icon, and a Catholic school dropout searches for meaning.