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Human Parts

·Dec 17, 2020

What I Saw From the Rooftop

The Quarantine Diaries, Part One — This is the first in a series of short stories. To read them all, head here. When the virus put the city into lockdown, I spent my mornings on the roof of my apartment building. I liked the routine; I walked six flights of stairs to the twelfth floor, leaned…

Short Story

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What I Saw From the Rooftop
What I Saw From the Rooftop
Short Story

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Published in

Human Parts

·Dec 17, 2020

How to Make Friends at the End of the World

The Quarantine Diaries, Part Two — This is part of a series of short stories. To read them all, head here. When the virus put the city into lockdown, my cat started talking to me. “You’re so lazy,” she said. “What?” “All you do is sit there and watch TV.” “Nobody’s allowed outside,” I said. …

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How to Make Friends at the End of the World
How to Make Friends at the End of the World
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Human Parts

·Dec 17, 2020

Flying Saucers and Sad Songs

The Quarantine Diaries, Part Three — This is part of a series of short stories. To read them all, head here. When the virus put the city into lockdown, I got hit in the back of the head by a flying CD case. I don’t know where it came from, but it hurt. …

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Flying Saucers and Sad Songs
Flying Saucers and Sad Songs
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Human Parts

·Dec 17, 2020

Something Like a Special Delivery

The Quarantine Diaries, Part Four — This is part of a series of short stories. To read them all, head here. When the virus put the city into lockdown, my job actually got busier. Delivery requests spiked. I spent the days cycling through the suburbs, stuffing pamphlets into letterboxes. …

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Something Like a Special Delivery
Something Like a Special Delivery
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Human Parts

·Dec 17, 2020

Sing If It Makes You Happy

The Quarantine Diaries, Part Five — This is part of a series of short stories. To read them all, head here. When the virus put the city into lockdown, my friend Takeshi made me go out with him to Shinjuku every night. He was a freelance writer with dreams of becoming a real journalist. He saw…

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Sing If It Makes You Happy
Sing If It Makes You Happy
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Human Parts

·Dec 17, 2020

Do Me a Favor and Don’t Go Through This Alone

The Quarantine Diaries, Part Six — This is part of a series of short stories. To read them all, head here. When the virus got especially bad, the city was completely locked down. People stopped leaving their houses, the shops closed, and the trains stopped running. Businesses were paused indefinitely, people worked from home, and in…

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Do Me a Favor and Don’t Go Through This Alone
Do Me a Favor and Don’t Go Through This Alone
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14 min read


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Human Parts

·Mar 27, 2020

We Were From Different Worlds

On travel, and how it changes us — Before she left again, Min said the world had changed. It was not something she could see or explain easily, and yet she was sure something was different. …

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We Were From Different Worlds
We Were From Different Worlds
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Human Parts

·Nov 17, 2019

Social Media Is Like the Weirdest House Party Ever

If Facebook is a club, Twitter is a dive bar — This story is part of the Internet Time Machine, a collection about life online in the 2010s. As a writer, I often go to house parties. These parties take place at the homes of some guys I know. You’ve probably heard of them: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. …

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Social Media Is Like the Weirdest House Party Ever
Social Media Is Like the Weirdest House Party Ever
Humor

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The Junction

·Nov 7, 2019

What Our Eating Habits Say About Us

I went to Shimabara because of a newspaper article. It said a young man by the name of Keigo Kirino had died at a local speed eating contest. It was a riceball that did it; a chunk which became lodged in the young man’s throat and refused to leave. …

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What Our Eating Habits Say About Us
What Our Eating Habits Say About Us
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Sep 8, 2019

How Much Do You Love Me?

Lee stumbles down the alleyway. Falls. Picks himself up. Footsteps closing in. Hard, decisive. Clear in intent. Not stumbling. Not high on dust. Not regretting that third beer. Not like Lee. He falls again, lifts himself up. A sharp kick in the back. Lee tumbles into a pile of scrap…

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How Much Do You Love Me?
How Much Do You Love Me?
Fiction

26 min read

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Hengtee Lim (Snippets)

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