Growing up, I missed out on the multiplayer shooter craze in video games. I never really spent too much time on Call of Duty or Counter Strike. My parents were one of those freaks that only let you play for 30 minutes a day. Despite being Korean, my parents viewed video games as little moreContinue reading “Technology Has Ruined Child Innocence and I Can’t Help But Laugh…”
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9. Learning Curve
The following is part of a serialized story, Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate. You can find the first chapter here. “You can’t let the marshmallow tip like that. The chocolate is going to set with all those fucked up marks.” That was Dick. Especially in my early days at the shop, he was quick to pointContinue reading “9. Learning Curve”
8. Marshmallows
The following is part of a serialized story, Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate. You can find the first chapter here. Dipped Confectionary was the first thing I learned how to make. It was almost 40 percent of Lou’s inventory and also the easiest to make. If you couldn’t do this, you couldn’t work with the productionContinue reading “8. Marshmallows”
What I want to accomplish with this Serial…
This week I released the 7th chapter of “Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate.” I have always wanted to take my experience and the original short story and expand it into a novel. The decision to make it into a project for this website, however, I did on a whim. I don’t expect this versionContinue reading “What I want to accomplish with this Serial…”
7. The Old Town Mill
The following is part of a serialized story, Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate. You can find the first chapter here. The Old Town Mill was built around the 1800s as a textile factory. At the time, it was a prospering business. Old photos show the Mill as a prime example of the industrial age ramping upContinue reading “7. The Old Town Mill”
6. I am Surprised by How Much I Remember the Good Times
The following is part of a serialized story, Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate. You can find the first chapter here. In many ways, I left the job bitter. Sure I was angry with the job itself. Even more than that, I was upset by the larger implications that I saw. The job became a way toContinue reading “6. I am Surprised by How Much I Remember the Good Times”
5. First Day pt.3
The following is part of a serialized story, Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate. You can find the first chapter here. After that first order, I was swept by a current of people’s needs and desires. My body felt drawn towards a cycle: writing orders down, ringing them up, and taking the list to theContinue reading “5. First Day pt.3”
4. First Day pt.2
The following is part of a serialized story, Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate. You can find the first chapter here. Becky helped me learn the ropes in the first hour. I had never worked in a restaurant setting before so certain things were not immediately obvious. Don’t touch food with your bare hands. WashContinue reading “4. First Day pt.2”
1. I saw Lou for the first time since Covid…
The following is the 1st chapter of Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate. I actually came by the store the day before. It had been my first time in Main Street since the world closed down. It was the middle of July and most people were vaccinated or pretending to be vaccinated. I came downContinue reading “1. I saw Lou for the first time since Covid…”
Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate
The following was originally published by Grubstreet Literary Magazine in 2019(print) and 2021(online). Two glass cases on each side of a wooden table. In one case, thirty different varieties of truffles, each hand cut from a thick slab of ganache, then dipped in a hard-shell chocolate. Dark belgian, bourbon, rum, Jack Daniels sit onContinue reading “Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate”
Danger Wonka 