Girl in Trouble Stories: A short Story Reading Series (3/8)

Join us for a reading of bold new short stories by Anna Siri, Janis Robertson, Kacie Tergesen & Natalija Vekic. Come celebrate as we release the short story zine collection: Girl in Trouble Stories Volume 4. Everyone is welcome.

Girl in Trouble Stories is a creative experiment. A literary studio. We are independent writers unafraid of the power of words. Even if they get us into trouble. We write, share and curate short stories that embody our theme and writing muse –– the Girl in Trouble. We also sprinkle in a dose of our current obsessions, offer writing workshops, and highlight honorary Girls in Trouble. When you subscribe to our substack:Girl in Trouble Stories you’ll get a short new story every month, extra sizzling content and join our creative community. Trust us, your inboxes will be super into it. We’re always looking for ways to connect with other writers and storytellers -- so get in touch.

And when we say girls, we mean –– in the most inclusive, big hug, get under this umbrella, we’re making space for everybody, sort of way. We mean –– queer girls, trans girls, non-binary g*rls, boy girls, gurls that say it like this.

Original Troublemakers:

Anna Siri is an award-winning writer and producer who grew up in Central America, Mexico, Washington, DC, and Chicago before landing in California.  She filled her head with knowledge at Northwestern University and UCLA, and when she's not trying to get her projects off the ground, spends most of her time traveling to interesting places and writing at airport gates and other people's kitchen tables.

Janis Robertson grew up among oak trees, rattlesnakes, and coyotes howling at night. After starting a stable career in San Francisco, she decided to blow it all up and spend a year hiking volcanoes in the Andes, climbing glaciers in Norway, assisting artists in the Outback. Janis made her way to LA, earning an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA and forging a career specializing in animation. Her short film, THE HEART ERRS, was selected for the newly-revived Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation. 

Kacie Tergesen has been writing stories for as long as she can remember-- her childhood was full of sketchbooks brimming with cartoons and comic strips. Kacie's experience includes writing for Disney Television Animation, development on a Mattel preschool series, and staffing on a female- led Netflix animated series (where she met Janis!). Currently, she is the lead Narrative Writer on the upcoming video game, “Five Mics”. Going forward, she's excited to tell more stories that underrepresented viewers can see themselves reflected in. In her free time, Kacie enjoys eating eel sushi, trying to force "sweater weather" in the summer, and getting way too excited about a well-executed professional wrestling storyline.

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