The Death of Farmer Yan Part VII
Shi Min Xie I woke up the next day on the temple’s cold, hard, floors. My partner and I had kept vigil at night, and somehow, we had fallen asleep. Every muscle in…
Shi Min Xie
The Death of Farmer Yan, Part VI
Horse and I sat opposite each other at this long table. The prince sat to my right and the princess was on Horse’s left. The mood was sad and solemn,…
The Death of Farmer Yan, Part V
The funeral was to take place in the temple’s great hall. Monks were constructing a wooden platform to put my master’s body beneath it, with Master Yu giving directions. Some…
The Death of Famer Yan, IV
Nothing happened. Horse and I took a sip. It was sweet–perhaps a bit too sweet for me–but I saw that Horse enjoyed it. We waited for a while, and waited,…
The Death of Farmer Yan Part III
We found Prince Huang in the city. He was sitting in one of the inns, drinking wine. Horse and I bowed, and he gestured for us to sit. We did.…
The Death of Farmer Yan Part II
Horse and I turned to walk back to our master’s house. It was the same wooden house, and yet, everything had changed. Sadness enveloped it, or perhaps it was only…
The Death of Farmer Yan Part I–A Chinese New Year Murder Mystery
Horse and I remained in our stables. Morning had dawned, hours before, and our master, Farmer Yan, still hadn’t opened the doors to the shed and make us get to…
I am not OK.
I don’t know where to begin when writing about how not OK I am. I am just… not OK. In real life, I look like I’m OK, or that I’m…
My Cat
It is the first day of SingPoWriMo and I am cheating. I am posting this poem about my cat that some people have seen, or not. Here’s going back to…
My accent and me
When I was a kid, I read a lot of books that had American slang and watched a lot of Hollywood movies. I remembered that my first movie experience was…