This Korean boyfriend I had took me to McDonald’s and asked, Would you mind paying for yourself? He was poor, trying to be an artist, and I kind of thought this would be a good story to tell our kids when he’s famous someday and calls me sweetie at a cocktail party. We went back […]
Tiffany Hsieh
Tiffany Hsieh was born in Taiwan and moved to Canada at the age of fourteen. Her fiction and poetry have appeared or are forthcoming in Juked, the Malahat Review, Passages North, and elsewhere. Her work has been nominated for Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions. She lives in southern Ontario.
Legs and Pits
I shouldn’t be the one to tell you this but girls here shave their legs and pits. That’s all I’m gonna say about that. If you wanna know about how girls here get those nice calves with toned muscles, I can show you some stair exercises. There’s also a certain type of running shoe they […]
Middle America
That time I cried on the tarmac of LAX I thought the flight attendant was going to make me blow into a paper bag. She was a nice and pretty lady and I had an aisle seat. She thought I was afraid of flying and brought me water. Always it was the second leg of […]