Yennie Cheung

"Fracture" by Ethel Rohan Years ago when I ran the Hipster Book Club website, I got an email from Roxane Gay, asking if the HBC would be...

"The Squid Who Fell in Love with the Sun" by Ben Loory Initially, I wanted to share Ben's story "Death and the Lady," which is one of my...

“Someone Is Recording” by Lynn Coady I have maybe a week's worth of short story picks written or mostly written currently, but I want to...

"How to Be Chinese" by Celeste Ng I've known of Celeste Ng for a few years, but I didn't get a chance to check out her work until...

"Bed" by Elizabeth Crane So apparently today is Teacher Appreciation Day, which means my post yesterday about Rob Roberge was a bit...

"Working Backwards from the Worst Moment of My Life" by Rob Roberge First and foremost: Rob is one of the best writing instructors I've...

"Under the Cherry Trees" by Motojirō Kajii, translated by David Boyd One of my closest friends translated this story, and I'm not...

"Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid Two days ago, I mentioned that "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien utilizes lists to show burden. For that...

"Once You're a Jedi, You're a Jedi All the Way" by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci I was going to put this up as a palate cleanser...

Today's entry includes a bonus personal essay that was published today and really affected me. Short story: "The Man I Killed" by Tim...

"Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild" by Kathy Fish This microfiction piece is perhaps the best short story I read last year. I don't...

May is Short Story Month, so I've decided to try posting a short story every day for thirty-one days to celebrate. I'm not sure if it's...