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Butcher Ding
“I never expected that tai chi sword would become a special type of physical therapy for me.”
Man in a White Overcoat
“The coat fit him like a glove. The vendor spun him around, and the flared skirt fluttered outward.”
The Rabbit Dream
“Men are stupid. They are so stupid, they will believe this. Everyone will hear about us. And, if you play your part well, Mary, you might even become rich.”
Time of the Flies
“So that’s what I call myself when I’m alone, the name Charo wrote in lip liner at the end of the letters she sent to Ernesto, my husband. Excuse me, my ex-husband.”
The Deserter
“Tomorrow I’d be sent to the front lines. Then I noticed my missing leg had sent me a letter.”
The Anthropologists
“Manu and I had no spare sets of plates or matching glasses, but we had plenty of discussion in our lives.”
Apostrophe’s Dream
“They have been friends all their lives, living in close quarters in a typesetter’s drawer.”
The Orange Tree
“Tiananmen Tower was flooded with the orange-red faces of the young guards. / People wandered and wasted away.”
The Case of Cem
“I cannot be a witness to what happened after May 5, 1481. They killed me at five o’clock in the evening.”
