Jennifer Lucic Knihy

Glow Girl is a story about a young girl named Lilly. Damaged from a lifetime of being ridiculed for her weight, and obsessed with the dream of finding love, she escapes into her mind where not having friends or knowing love doesn't matter. Until the first semester of her college career when Lilly falls for a real boy in English class. Adam is the strong, confident, men-want-to-be-him, women-want-to-be-on-him guy. Lilly's obsession with her dream world turns into a fixation on getting Adam to notice her. She allows herself to be bent and broken to fit the mold of a woman he demands her to be, losing herself along the way, and coming to in an unfamiliar world. A new culture takes hold of her, disguised as a misfits' playground full of neon lights and cuddle puddles, where EDM reins and evil people lurk in plain sight. Her only protection? A coke-addicted boyfriend who's probably too busy screwing someone else, anyway. Lilly finds herself in a deadly situation naivety can't save her from. Who will save her this time? Or is she doomed to face the consequences of her choices that become her end?Trigger Warning: Content includes imagery of drug abuse, violence, adult language, and death.

On the heels of an unplanned pregnancy, a broken relationship, and a murder too close to home, Iris, an art curator at a glass-blown sculpture studio in downtown San Francisco, is consumed by stress. She finds herself faced with the fear of having to raise her baby alone and conflicted about helping her estranged fiancé cope with the murder of his mother. Triggered by the sound of breaking glass, Iris slowly succumbs to the pressure and cracks.She finds refuge in the close relationships she holds with her mother and best friend. But things change when stress hallucinations make her see things that aren’t true. Or are they?How will Iris find her way back to reality, and does she even want to be there?Trigger content includes imagery of violence, death, blood, sex, and fertility issues.