This is where my current existential crisis begins. When you sign a six-month bike subscription, you also sign a terrifyingly dense Terms & Conditions document that essentially translates to: “Do not alter this machine or we will claim your firstborn child.”

"Socks to Shabbies" is diving deep into this exact idea—shoe as cultural acclimation, fashion as armor, and what happens when the clothes you buy to fit in accidentally change how the world reads you.

Here’s where I need your help: I’m officially looking for early reviewers. If you want to read this before everyone else, judge my editing choices, and give us your honest thoughts, I want to hear from you. Drop a comment below or shoot me a message through the contact page Apply here to grab a spot on the reviewer list.

Consider this my warning to the Veluwe: the American refugee is coming, she’s on an e-bike, and she’s bringing the lightning. Current Mission: Scouting e-bikes. Current Read: My own manuscripts (because someone has to). Current Status: Completing Franklin’s circuit.

So, while the world waits for the most experimental short of 2026, I’ll be here, refreshing my inbox and wondering if the lambs in North Carolina know that their international debut is currently being held hostage by a bureaucratic labyrinth in The Hague.

"While the administrative wheels of Zonklast Studios are still grinding through the Dutch system, the creative wheels are already at full speed. Collaborating with George Tounas is the exact kind of high-caliber European partnership I envisioned when I applied for my DAFT visa. Onward to the set." ~SunnyJ