NEW GLUE: Ruby Caster
"My first greatest love is my brother, and all of my work will be a distant second for the rest of my life."
Ruby Caster is a writer. She enjoys walking around!
1) What is the first thing that burned you?
At different times wanting to either speed up or slow down time, and realizing I am a passenger on the train that is time and not the conductor.
2) What do you smell like?
Sweat and serums.
3) What do you feel is more true: Every crazy person is a movie, every movie is a crazy person, or neither?
Every crazy person is a movie.
4) How does your heart feel?
Wet and expansive.
5) What was it like to ride in your parents car as a kid? What about now—or equivalent?
Relaxing, as a child. As an adult, I am much more critical of their driving. I close my eyes less.
6) Does your misery love company?
My misery loves company for a short and sweet visit. Not too long, though, I have things to do!
7) What does a potato chip mean to you? What does it taste like?
A potato chip is a desperate snack. It is better accompanied by a dip whose flavor and texture overpowers it. A potato chip alone feels cumbersome in my mouth.
8) What does touching feel like?
Touching feels like listening.
9) Do you belong to and on Earth?
I belong to Earth and on Earth as part of a much bigger universe and consciousness that I also belong to.
10) What is your first memory and what does it mean to your work?
My first memory is seeing my brother the day he was born. I wore a sparkly red dress with bells on it. I remember my dad holding me and pointing to which baby was my brother through the nursery window, where all the newborns were on display like pastries. I remember banging on the glass to get his attention and my dad telling me not to do that. I was two. My first greatest love is my brother, and all of my work will be a distant second for the rest of my life.
Luke Goebel is an award-winning author and screenwriter known for his novel Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours, and his screenwriting work on the films Eileen and Causeway.
His new novel, Kill Dick comes out in Spring 2026.