Flash fiction

Taichung Kung Fu

  Taichung Kung Fu   (Excerpt from “Totally Losing Face and Other Stories“) I was in Taichung, Taiwan on a busy Friday night eating and drinking with a few locals. I suddenly felt the urge to take a piss as you normally do after a few beers weigh heavily on your bladder. Having recently arrived…

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Will the Thrill

  Will the Thrill   (Excerpt from “Totally Losing Face and Other Stories“) His name was Will, but I called him “Will the Thrill” because he always had something exciting to say or do. He was a big, loud, brash American. The way Americans are supposed to be. He had two solid tree trunks for…

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Dog Haters in Vators

Image courtesy Max Pixel I was taking my dog to work on dog appreciation day. The upper parking lot was full, so I parked my car in the lower basement parking lot of the large office park that I work in, and then hopped into an empty elevator with my black lab, Coco, on a…

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Shanghai House Party

Showed up to an apartment party on a cold and wet Sunday night in Shanghai in January. It was billed as a pre Chinese New Year party. We had to bring out own beverages and a present. I brought beer and a scarf as a gift. Our host, Prissy, met us at the door, gave…

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