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Flash Fiction

A Valentine’s Rose

On a street lined up with shops and cafés, countless couples were strolling along, wrapping arms around each other, giggling and whispering, dropping a kiss on each other’s cheek now and then. […]

My Writing

A Letter to My Daughter

You were sitting among a band of teenagers, in a light purple velvet dress, elegantly holding a silver flute. You glanced at the audience and gave me a confident smile. […]

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My Writing

Dongsheng House

When I was a young girl, my family lived on the upper floor of a two-story apartment on a busy street, where buses hummed, bike bells rang, and crowds rushed to work and school. […]

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My Writing

The Runner

When the land is wrapped
in the gray of early dawn,
the runner starts off on the tight earth.
Her lonely figure forms the only motion […]

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My Writing

Poetry

The voice roaring in your mind
Why are you muffling it?
The heart pounding in your chest
Why are you numbing it? […]

Flash Fiction

A Song

A song caught his attention. The melody echoed his sentiment and the lyric touched his heart like a warm sunlight, illuminating the dream embedded in him. He looped the song […]

My Writing

Chinese New Year Eve

On a frigid winter night, I was counting fireworks flashing in the sky as I stared out the narrow window of our kitchen. Sporadic sounds cracked across the city with colorful sparks. […]