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 driveask her, and she'd jump at a quid pro quo position in a heartbeatbut 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 truththe bane of her legitimacy as a reporter.
Meanwhile, Mike Malloy moonlights as a DJ at Club Red, one of the friskiest venues in New York's clubbing scene. The patrons demand vibrant nights and blared surprisesMike would much rather hunch over his guitar and strum a few melodies.
The two young New Yorkers share a desirea longing for more than they've limited themselves to, or rather, what the world has deemed them capable of.
But with one chance encounter, the paradigms ruling their lives become brokenLacey and Mike are forced to navigate their repressed passions, and increasingly, their newfound fascination for one another.
A tale of love and hope, Grunge Dreams draws a portrait of dilemmas that are all too common among workers todayand juxtaposes it against the virtues of looking forward, not backwards.