M.K. Lee's Blog: Telling Tales, page 8

A Bad Day

There are a lot of things Giles can tolerate in this world. The neighbours next door who have no consideration for just how loud their music is when they play it at all hours, which he’d barely be able to hear through the thick walls if they would only close the window. The zebra crossing on his walk to work where Giles becomes invisible to every person driving, who glares at him like he is the entire reason for whatever is going wrong with his day. His colleagues, who have no idea where the...

Weekdays and Polygons

Weekdays and Polygons

Sometimes it takes reaching rock bottom to learn who we are, who we want to be, and who we need in our lives. With a new found family, and a new sense of purpose, maybe it’s okay to learn to trust again.

A collection of poems through self discovery, acceptance, inner strength, and learning what it is to love.

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Everyday Love

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Go Faster Stripes

(set sometime in 2008)

Now, see, that is a carburettor. And that is an exhaust. And that thing there, despite its odd shape Raife is fairly sure is meant to be a steering wheel. He’s trying, honestly, but Raife doesn’t think he will ever be that knowledgeable about cars. He only recently started thinking about taking his driving test after almost a year of lessons. He quickly shuts down thoughts of the looming date of it because he really doesn’t want to replay the thousand things he’s re...

A Reading

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The Only Thing That Ever Made Sense

Navy vet Aiden Cadotte might just be firefighter Beto Cepeda’s undoing. Beto thought he had left him in the past, both on the joint base they operated from in Iraq and in the parts of himself Beto has tried to deny. But when Aiden shows up while Beto is on a call with his crew, Beto is transported back to a time when he wanted things from Aiden he could never let himself have. What is stopping him from having those things now?

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Raife and Dexter Are Getting Married

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From Coffee Shop Corners

From Coffee Shop Corners

People watching might be George’s favourite way to spend his time. Why wouldn’t he lose himself in dreaming up the loves and lives of other people to escape the mess that is his own? From this new favourite cafe corner, in the new town he’s made his home, George makes up backstories for each of the baristas. And as they serve coffee, George imagines happily ever afters for their waiting customers. But when a surprise email forces him t...

Climate

(set sometime in 2018)

He knows the stats. Car carbon dioxide emissions are down in the UK by about 30 percent on what they were 17 years ago when they started keeping more official records. It’s a good number, though there is also a lot of work still to do. And Dexter can’t imagine even ten years from now the entire country switching to electric cars. Besides, only dual-powered—or plug-in hybrids, as they are known—still provide a decent option for longer distance driving since there sti...

The Only Thing That Ever Made Sense

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The House

There is a myth about the old house at the end of Martin’s street. The house is dilapidated, with broken boards at its windows, and a front yard that has crept up the crumbling steps for being so overgrown. Even those who have lived longest on the street and in the neighborhood don’t really know much of its history. They don’t recall the names of the previous occupants, or know when the house was built; the shape and style of the property is really nothing more than an eyesore on a stree...