Stories tagged with "china"
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Strange Normalities: The Reading

Proper Society Vid NOTES:
Observed: much small talk, no bold topics
Solution: dive into deep personal questions_Obser…
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An Unremarkable Factory

There is a factory in Chongqing. It is unremarkable; there is nothing to distinguish it from the other factories nearby. Work…
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ChronOOPS
They said they found his body, but they were liars.
You see, Hitler never killed himself, he just vanished. Nobody wanted to…
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Where Are You, Mom? {64 characters challenge}

I heard you whisper my name. If only I knew where you were, Mom.
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Dmitri Alexei and the Buried Tomb of the First Emperor
It had taken years of paperwork, soil core samples, ground-penetrating radar, and arguing before the tomb of China’s first em…
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The Day I became Me {True Story Challenge}

It was August 20, 1996, that was the day I became, well, me. No, that’s not my birthday, but that’s when my life finally fe…
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Dam!

“Wait, so can we get on a boat or not?”
I don’t know why I was asking them, they didn’t speak any more Chinese than I did. ...
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A Big Wall
221 B.C.
Inner ChinaQin Shi Huang shifted restlessly on the stiff bamboo bedmat, scowling at the bright full moon. It shone…
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Murder

Three days before Christmas I can’t wait. Dad will come home from his business trip. Last year he bough me a wooden horse f…
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Dream Challenge: Running Away From ______

I have a recurring dream, one I haven’t dreamed in a while. But it’s so vivid every time I dream it that I can conjure up its…
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