Below you can find a selection of my previously published short stories (original publisher highlighted at the top of each), along with ones that are exclusive to this site. Just click on a title to start reading!

More will be added over time, so check back to see what’s new.

For some wild pieces of short-short fiction, I encourage to check out my collection of writing prompt responses over on the blog.

Previously published

The Fountain of Youth

Tales of a miraculous spring have echoed down through the ages, but only its victims learn what the Fountain of Youth really is.

Augury and Innocence

As an uncanny feeling of warmth creeps over the people of the world, Serena begins to sense that the mystery runs deeper than she imagined.

The Night Side

Two friends embark on the trail to Everest Base Camp in Nepal. When a natural disaster knocks out communications systems around the globe, they find themselves stranded in a remote village, cut off from the rest of the world. As one friend’s paranoia grows, stemming from a dark secret he carries, the other is forced to question his own grip on reality.

Smog

From the Paleolithic wilds to modern-day metropolises, humans separated by space and time battle the scourge of air pollution.

A Happy Ending

Ye-lim risks her life to cross the Tumen River from North Korea into China. Her journey to freedom in South Korea, though, has only just begun.

Flotsam

After years of collecting articles of tsunami debris at his local beach, Jun begins to believe that his most cherished finds all originate from the same person.

Bayon

Trapped in a seemingly inescapable cycle of poverty, a young woman recounts her youth spent around one of the Cambodia’s most magnificent ruins.

We Get It, the Apocalypse Sucked

No one saw the killer asteroid coming, or what would happen after. For some, the worst fate of all lay in the tunnel systems where survivors sought refuge.

Exclusive

The Time of the Cassowary (Novella)

Connected by unexpected threads, tales of hope, tragedy and adventure unfold once upon an April across the Kingdom of Thailand.

Mutation

The virus grew more deadly, the vaccines didn’t work, and the pandemic never ended. In the name of survival, an ugly new era of authoritarianism has begun.

The Locusts of Ulderi

A foreign traveler comes upon a town plagued by locusts. For a modest sum, she promises to save it from the pests.

Wide Eyes

Min-Jung’s academic success takes her to university in Seoul, where her insecurities, a toxic relationship, and an unexpected new opportunity carry her slowly toward disaster.

The Last Jangseung

In rural South Korea, Kwon Hae-shik has long observed his country’s rapid march into modernity, but he is pushed to act out when the world impinges on his home valley.

Fox Night

Upon encountering a strange man, two friends toy whimsically with the idea that he could be a shapeshifter, until they take their joke too far.