Coming Home By Rita H. Chen He stood outside the arrival gate of Air China Flight 232, holding a sign with the name, “Wang Mei Hua,” penned carefully in Chinese and English pinyin. Though his wife was supposed to have studied enough Chinese to at least recognize the characters of her name, he felt it … More Coming Home
Trillium By Rita H. Chen Mrs. Dorimer bared her teeth slightly, trying to achieve some semblance of a smile. “Is that so?” Linda, or rather Mrs. Simon Dubont, wife of the President of Intergalactic Communications Incorporated, was an intelligent, frank – arrogant, Mrs. Dorimer thought cruelly – woman of forty. Mrs. Dubont continued speaking, … More Trillium
Crying for the Moon By Rita H. Chen You think Sunhee is like the sun. She’s a ball of energy, rambunctious with a huge smile that takes up half her face when she is particularly happy. Her dyed blond hair is as bright as her personality and she’s always doing her best to show people … More Crying for the Moon
Duty By Rita H. Chen I open the door quietly; hoping that Mother won’t be up. However, just as I step into the house, I can already hear Mother’s voice, worried and unnatural-sounding. “Esther, is that you, Dear?” I stifle a sigh. “Yes, Mother,” I answer out-loud. A slight shuffle, and then Mother stands in … More Duty
Down the Drainpipe By Rita H. Chen Her hands trembled as she tightly gripped the edges of the sink, the knuckles of her fingers turning white from the strain. She retched once, her body convulsing as she tried to coax up what felt like a sharp, sour poison from deep within her stomach. When nothing … More Down the Drainpipe
Human By Rita H. Chen I must be out of my mind. No, cancel that thought. I am out of my mind. Just what the hell do I see in him anyway? He’s cold. Calculating. Not much to look at. He’s too headstrong and level-headed for his own good. He’s strict and much too intense. … More Human
Lit Up By Rita H. Chen He was not afraid of commitment though he was sure people have thought otherwise. Here he was: 40, with his girlfriend of 5 years – if one didn’t take into account the break-ups they had gone through – and no intentions of marriage. His younger brother was already married … More Lit Up
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