New cover art for Xiao Xiao
27 Jul 2014 Leave a comment
Done by a talented local young artist: Shelley Low! Gorgeous, right?!
A 7 Month Flash: Rabbit
19 Jul 2014 Leave a comment
Reblogging this. The Ghost Month is around the corner!
There is movement at the corner of my eye. A blur of white, a frightened animal sort of white, skittish.
I concentrate on making paper ingots. Grandma has roped in all her sun zi for this tradition. My hands make tubes and fold in the corners and toss the ingot into the huge plastic bag. There has been an accident nearby, a few months ago. Spirits linger, they say and place plates of offerings, burn paper money to appease them.
It is a little girl, they also add.
I gaze down, careful not to step on the offerings. Grandma is often stern with that warning to all her grandchildren, even a grown-up like me.
Footprints. Like cat paw prints, circling the spots of white burnt ashes and paper plates with sweets. Smaller, though, like rabbit. I had a rabbit once and once it hopped through spilled flour.
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Chapter 16 of Xiao Xiao
18 Jul 2014 Leave a comment
Yuan Xiao Jie: Xiao Xiao still misses her father.
A Wolf's Tale 
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