Maliq Johnson

Aza grapples with her capacity for love, joy, companionship, and optimism as she deals with a relentless stream of intrusive, compulsive thoughts.

In a modest grocery store located in a working-class town, a black man shares a friendly smile with a 10-year-old white boy across the checkout lane. This seemingly harmless interaction…

Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather’s funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it…