1 min
Poetry
Short Fiction
5 min
The Terminal
It was the end of summer.
The sun grew into a large, old asphalt ball that tardily melted down. Waves of heat rose off the ground, and the figures of Nguyet and her aged horse weaved slowly within ... [+]
The sun grew into a large, old asphalt ball that tardily melted down. Waves of heat rose off the ground, and the figures of Nguyet and her aged horse weaved slowly within ... [+]
Poetry
1 min
Traveling in the Obon Festival
Never mind the flying daggers, the billow of crows
tugging the glazed horizon. Songs of witches ... [+]
tugging the glazed horizon. Songs of witches ... [+]
Creative Nonfiction
5 min
How to kill time with your phone
"The fifth wave of Covid is hitting Hong Kong. Over 12,000 confirmed cases awaiting hospitalization. People rushed to public hospitals by different public transports." The news report from my ‘living
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Poetry
1 min
ex-important person
Short Fiction
5 min
An Adventure story: Miner
1) It is late-night, and nearly morning, you're returning home with an oil light. It warms your cold left hand. You think it as usual: it's better than none. You start to count how much you just
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Poetry
1 min
“Dear Sestina”, whispered the Fog and its Flower
Poetry
1 min
lavender menace
Creative Nonfiction
5 min
A Chinese New Year Banquet
The Chinese New Year was approaching. The muffled chimes of the temple bell froze in the air. The eerie orange hue of the sky mingled with the light cyan mist. Few pedestrians ducked their heads like
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Poetry
1 min
Strangers
Creative Nonfiction
3 min
The Shape of an Urchin
The empty street seemed brighter than it had a few hours earlier and my eyes began to adjust. Maybe it seemed that way because I had spent the last two hours watching a movie. Or the sun had just
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Short Fiction
5 min
Chance Predictions
Steam from neon signs faded into the night while this city bustled with people despite the weather. So, sanctuary was found in the darkness of alleys, where no mortals felt safe enough to walk down
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Creative Nonfiction
5 min
Armena Mint, Four Square Captain
Who knows how the rumor started?
The whistle shrieks. "Out," Armena Mint, Four Square Captain, declares.
Maybe some boy made it up—you know how they are.
"What? How? The ball ... [+]
The whistle shrieks. "Out," Armena Mint, Four Square Captain, declares.
Maybe some boy made it up—you know how they are.
"What? How? The ball ... [+]
Creative Nonfiction
Society
5 min
Someone You Know
JANUARY 2020. 7234 miles from Chicago, China reports the first death from a novel coronavirus. There is no evidence it can spread among humans.
I'm commuting to school and two women on the train are ... [+]
I'm commuting to school and two women on the train are ... [+]