PORTFOLIO

THE DAYBREAK
In the aftermath of her despair, a summoner nourishes the spirit of hope back to life.

Short story, published Oct 2022. Read here.

FAR END OF THE STATION
During one afternoon in the campus library, a lonely drifter meets another student who seems like the polar opposite of him in every single way. Entrenched in their differences, they connect time and time again, navigating through the busy crowds of a strange new city.  

Short story, published April 2022. Read here.

INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER
I’ve written book reviews and covered local news for the International Examiner, a newspaper based in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District.

- Themes of found family and identity collide in promising new space opera (April 2024)
- Dive into a tale of espionage, faux marriage in Chloe Gong’s ‘Foul Lady Fortune’ (March 2024)
- In ‘Gunk Baby,’ a store owner grapples with the melancholia of modern work (Dec 2023)
- Wading through the tides of time in Jinwoo Chong’s debut novel “Flux” (Sept 2023)
- A world of mystery and hyper-productivity awaits in “The Sleepless” (Aug 2023)
- “Short stories explore life, relationships, and the search for happiness” (May 2023)
- Navigating Life’s Limbo in Amy Zhang’s “The Cartographers” (Feb 2023)
- Fighting Destiny with Martial Arts in Wesley Chu’s “The Art of Prophecy” (Nov 2022)
- “In Godslayers, two lovers pursue a brighter future for all” (Nov 2022)
- “A child of a poet travels a world torn apart in Celeste Ng’s sobering ‘Our Missing Hearts’” (Oct 2022)
- “The Cartographers maps out a riveting tale on the nature of mapmaking, discovery and passion” (Sept 2022)