Emergency Contact

by Mary H.K. Choi

Penny had never had a cigarette in her life, and if they did smoke together Penny would probably have a coughing fit that lasted forever and ended on an audible fart.

Under the right light you could actually see the sheen of moisture appear on his palms. He’d made a time-lapse video of it once.

Are you writing stereotypes? Tropes? Are you fetishizing the otherness? Whose ideas are you spreading? Really consider how you transmit certain optics over others. Think about how much power that is.”