Grunge Dreams

Lacey Barlow knows what she wants. Her own little office in a New York high-rise, pungent of ink and journalistic spirit.

As a daytime gossip columnist, she has the spirit, the knack, and the drive—ask her, and she'd jump at a quid pro quo position in a heartbeat—but none of the stars seem to align for her career. Far less glamorously, she's been stuck with dead-end jobs that value sensationalism over truth—the bane of her legitimacy as a reporter.
Meanwhile, Mike Malloy moonlights as a DJ at...