Across eleven real stories, Joseph Adam Lee explores relationships, childhood, and New York City misadventures with dark humor and uncomfortable truths.

In the opening essay, A Royal Rumble on Fire Island, Lee recounts his accidental starring role in a romantic spiral involving a Ghanaian princess. From there, the chaos deepens: housing a bohemian squatter with more confidence than hygiene (The Opulent Squatter), a college prank gone haywire (The Imposter of McIntire Hall), and a surreal family mix-up involving his grandfather, an orange VHS tape, and his own mother (My Mom, the Porn Dealer).

And that’s just scratching the surface.