Friday lunch in the Teachers’ Lounge at Catlett Memorial High School, Dae wanders in and stakes a claim on a chair at the white, round table currently occupied by a group of Humanities and Social Sciences teachers. He opens his backpack and pulls out a container of his leftovers from Curry Mee Home and heads … More Craic (Magatama #7)
“You fucking slut. I knew I couldn’t trust you!” The voice of Chariya’s ex, Monty, enters her mind, and she stops moving. Chariya moves her head away from Moon’s gaze as she tries to hold back tears, and rests her head on his chest whilst otherwise still laying on top of him. Her legs remain … More Motivation (Magatama #6)
Dae’s phone buzzes while he and his roommate are watching Ali Wong and Randall Park have a conversation at a market in UN Plaza in San Francisco’s Civic Center area about halfway through the Netflix movie Always Be My Maybe. Angelica looks over at him from the recliner and asks, “Need me to pause the … More In Pursuit of Knowledge and Romance (Magatama #5)
It’s just after 5pm when Dae walks into his second-floor apartment. He removes his messenger bag and drops it down on the kitchen table, along with the mail he had just collected, then picks a mandarin out of the fruit bowl and starts peeling it. Dae peels his mandarin in such a way that the … More Kuchisabishii (Magatama #4)
“Alice, I’m home,” Chariya calls to her daughter as she walks through the door. When she doesn’t hear a response, she wanders into the living room, where Alice is playing some Legend of Zelda game on her Switch. “I’m home,” Chariya repeats. “Need anything?” “Nah, I’m good,” Alice replies. She pauses the game and stands … More The Axe Forgets; The Tree Remembers (Magatama #3)
Quick Intro Spiel This is a follow-up to my last fiction entry, and you can read a longer spiel there. It’s probably preferable that you read that first, since this piece makes reference to events therein. In this piece, we get to experience some of Chariya’s domestic life outside of her vigilantism. The recent events … More Vigilante Domesticity (Magatama #2)
Quick Intro Spiel: I’ve read a lot of comic book content over the last several years, and somehow, last week, I got hit with a story idea that I couldn’t let go of, and knew I’d have to write. Initially I thought it would be like a once-off flash fiction idea, but the more I … More What Really Matters (Sharing Fiction in Progress)
Dominica May 