Lucy Merriman is a freelance writer, editor, artist, and ESL tutor currently living in Kent, Ohio. She graduated from Kent State University in 2016 with a degree in English, though before that she tried her hand at everything from Fine Art to Media Production to Theatre. Her previous writing has been publised in Pif, Zetetic Record, [slippage] and Long Weekends. You can find more of her work at www.facebook.com/LucyIsAWriter

She has an adorable, cuddly orange cat named Banksy, and enjoys narrating the rivalry between him and the other orange cats in the neighborhood: Evil Banksy, a Norweigan Forest cat who is perpetually smug, and Tiny Banksy, who is skittish and has been kitten-sized for about a year now. 

She's a middle kid. Her younger brother is a musician, and he managed to move to New York City before her, which is just like him. Her older sister is an ultrasound tech, and the two of them have a lot of fun discussing medical science and science-fiction. Also, she introduced Lucy to Philip K Dick's work prior to Middle School by leaving Minority Report on the kitchen counter when Lucy was eleven, so, basically she owes her for life.  

She's currently working on a podcast musical; she'll keep you posted. 

What I'm Listening To: 

Albums I love in alphabetical order by artist:Angel Haze - Dirty Gold ; Amanda Palmer - Theatre in Evil ; Awkwafina - Yellow Ranger ; Childish Gambino - Camp; Corrine Bailey Rae - The Sea ; Dessa- Parts of Speech ; Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid ; Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas - Secret Evil ; Joni Mitchell- Blue ; Lindsey Stirling - Shatter Me ; Melanie Martinez - Crybaby ; Nightwish - Dark Passion Play ; The Protomen - The Protomen ; Roomful of Teeth- Render ; Vienna Teng - Aims ;  The Young Punx - Mashpop and Punkstep; Zoe Keating - Into the Trees

What I'm Watching: 

--Stranger Things--Orphan Black --Every single reality show involving cooking, baking, or becoming a Food Network Star--Gravity Falls (again) 

What I'm Reading: 

Currently, my pile includes Faith Erin Hicks' The Nameless City, Kieron Gillan's Phonogram, Diana Wynne Jones' Dogsbody, Rachel Cantor's Good on Paper, Virginia Woolf's Orlando, Ryan North's Romeo and/or Juliet, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and my recent comics pulls-- Bitch Planet, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Sex Crminals, and Lumberjanes.