EMPM: Prologue

Working title for my novel that isn’t actually a novel and never will be: The Electromagnetic Paper Machine (not to be confused with the title of a real novel by Ken Kesey, who also wrote about a mental hospital) I wanted to write a novel like Kurt Vonnegut wrote novels. That is, good. I wanted [...]

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PIFF Final Installment

There was only one day left in the Son Family Vacation. Son Family, that’s what Tanner, Dahee, and I call ourselves. Every good Migook (American) needs a Korean name. Upon hearing that Tanner had one, Teho, I insisted. Dahee named me Eun-Ho. It means “Silver Lake.” Teho means “Big Tiger.” Dahee chose that one for [...]

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This post was written by admin on November 30, 2009 Comments (0)