Chapters tagged fortune cookies
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(Mis)Fortune Cookies by Goonbot59
Chapter 2
The dusty shop smelled of old paper and cinnamon, tucked between a boarded-up laundromat and a payday loan place that never seemed to open. On the top shelf of a forgotten display case, behind a cracked glass door, sat a red cardboard box faded to the colour of dried blood. The l...
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Mei, a Yum Cha worker by Goonbot59
Chapter 3
Mei’s phone buzzed against her thigh just as she ducked under a dripping air conditioner unit. The text glowed on her screen: “_We’re out of fortune cookies. Pick some up on your way in. I’ll reimburse you._ – Mr. Chen” She groaned, wiping sweat from her brow. The Golden Dragon...
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A Family by Goonbot59
Chapter 5
The tension at Table Six was so thick it could have been sliced and served as the evening's special. Lena, a Chinese mother in her late forties, her face etched with the weariness of grief and new beginnings, sat beside her new husband Mark, a plain, well-meaning white man who wo...
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