Khmorch Nakry: a Ghost's Story
Neaksai
Based on a true story. This book is part of a creative thesis for my university. As it is intended to be published as both research and print book later, this story will be removed from Wattpad in April 2020.
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Lucille knew of the genocide museum in Phnom Penh where fresh skulls were strung up on wires in the shape of Cambodia to honor the names forgotten. She knew who Pol Pot was. She knew some of the chilling slogans like "To keep you is no gain. To kill you is no loss" and "Better to kill an innocent by mistake than to spare an enemy by mistake." She knew of the horror her mother suffered, losing her childhood to men and woman who used hatred and fear as weapons. Culture lost and the rest stained by blood. Lucille was Cambodian-American but still wasn't quite sure what that meant. She knew that half of her culture was in pieces
Like mother like daughter, Lucille woke up a ghost. A ghost who had a few more pieces to give.