The following are a few of my stories (excerpts from my memoir in progress). I’m still compiling this list (of about 8 total).

A Simple System

I awoke thinking the mountain was on fire, confused for a moment by the street lamp that transformed our frosted window into a giant yellow nightlight. I could read my watch by it: 4 a.m. Continue reading on Google Books (When you get there, keep clicking “next” )…

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It first appeared in this anthology, The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2008: True Stories from Around the World; Editor: Lucy McCauley; Publisher: Travelers’ Tales (2008)
ISBN 1-932361-55-3

 Roughly Translated

We swayed in unison, hip pressed to hip, thigh to vibrating thigh. Limbs trembling, hands tingling, we rocked to a distant throbbing roar. I longed for release, ached for the finish, and clung to the strap on the jam-packed Seoul subway, wedged in with Mr. Chong. Continue reading…

Published in the anthology The Risks of Sunbathing Topless, and Other Funny Stories from the Road; Editor: Kate Chynoweth; Publisher: Seal Press (2005)
ISBN 1580051413