Red
There she sits and sighs, and waits to meet
her love, and contemplates the colour
red. Red like the dress that quivers by her feet,
red like...
Before and after
There are so many stories about where I have been. So many memories toying with my emotions. They press—these stories, I mean. I fall...
Mooncakes
She tried to kill me with a mooncake mould.
It didn’t work, of course. That’s why I’m able to talk to you. My name’s Eric...
Gazing out the window
Calle Colón was dark and dead under the moon, except for the trees alongside it that whispered to him, and the air that made...
Street Beggars
Do you want to go anywhere? Kelvin asked me, holding open Monte Carlos glass doors. It was after dinner and Kelvin, a high school...
But it's true
Don't run. You can't hide
Don't slip 'cause you'll slide.
Don't call and don't write.
I'll just argue. You'll fight.
I won't sink. You can't swim.
You knock. I...
A midnight encounter
At 1:00 a.m., I sat in the basement of 3565 Wideridge Road. The two storey duplex house belonged to Aunt Angie and her husband...
Talk English, Teach Good
Min Hyung, the secretary from Ivy, calls me on Friday morning and asks if I can teach an SSAT Reading Class on Saturday.
Before I...
For you
There's a fondness
that needs no filling
with a powerful aroma
of body and emotion sizzling
strong enough to lift me from a coma
the feeling is thrilling
no objections
since...
A Midnight Visit: Short Story
At 1:00AM I sat in the basement of 3565 Wideridge Road. The two storey duplex house belonged to the woman I called Aunt Angie...
The Riots
Even the birds sometimes sweat in the heat of northern Nigeria. The soft hum of the air conditioner blends with the sounds of early...
Love and lasers
You sat discontented—well I know,
As I killed that grunt with an SMG.
And theres no surpassing your eyes glow
So despite the coolness of Halo 3
I...