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The Double Rainbows of Found Lake

Hello from Wisconsin, where I am spending the week with my boyfriend and his family. Tonight after dinner as the sunset started we saw this out over the lake, and it perfectly banded the sky. I hope this all finds you well, and that you are with the people you love. Happy Fourth of July.

You're Not From Around Here, Part 5

The conclusion to the Koreanish summer fiction serial. For those just arriving, for the rest of the story, here are parts 1, 2, 3 and 4.

"And what was I going to do, marry the town gay? No."

I laughed at that against my will. I was trying to be mad at her, for not telling me about my son. But I was too happy to see her. Katie still held her cigarette the same way. She looked at me with a smile. "No. It was never going to be like that." She flicked her ash. "You're high if you think otherwise."

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You're Not From Around Here, Part 4

It is June summer fiction serial month at Koreanish. Here are parts 1, 2 and 3, for those just arriving. And yes, I'm writing this as the month goes along. Next week, the finale.

Katie's boyfriend was soon sending his best friend to pick her up most of the time. At work the next day she was quiet and when I asked her about how her night was, she just shrugged. She never said much more about it than she did that first night, instead taking to it not only without complaint, but soon seeming to ...

You're Not From Around Here, Part 3

Part 3 of the June summer fiction serial here at Koreanish, with apologies for lateness. For those just joining us, here's Parts 1 & 2.

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By the end of that first day at CVS, I had chalked Katie's comment about me lasting until Friday to her being sarcastic. My duties were not strenuous to the eye. I had to ring people up, sweep the floors, restock items and price them. Count out a register at the beginning and end of a shift. I got a discount and would use it on a soda during my break. It was e...

Your Serial Will Be Served In the Morning

Hey gang. Thanks for checking back for the new installment in the summer serial. I'll have it up in the late morning, around 11AM. Sorry for the delay.

You're Not From Around Here, pt. 2

This is part 2 of my serialized short story feature this June, "You're Not From Around Here".

His sister and I were not the most likely of friends at our high school.  I was a pariah of a kind, a little too smart and unfriendly for my own good, and convinced that not only was I better than these people, I would always be better than them. And by "these people" I mean my whole town. It was not the sort of position you launched a successful high school social life from—it was not even the real ...

Kitsune

Found this staring up at me today from my desk. I think he's about to start talking to me.