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
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.
Ocean Fresh
Alex, the proud owner of a new desalination plant, awakes locked in a small room. As he copes with meager food and water rations from his mysterious captors, he struggles to piece together what is going on.
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.