Asian-american Stories

Harry Lu enters Johns Hopkins University from SoCal, hoping to navigate the pre-med journey smoothly, only to be faced with an endless pile of assignments, three missed calls from Ma, and a sh*t ton of gunners knocking on his door for answers. Hoping to escape from echoes of the past and the gray hues of Baltimore, Harry, at the last minute, applies to be an undergraduate research assistant at the NIH Kristina Lin Experimental AI Recognition Lab (K.L.E.A.R.). The pay is $23/hr to code remotely from the comfort of his dorm room. However, when top-secret classified information gets leaked to the public, men in black pull Harry straight out of his orgo lecture hall and into an interrogation room. Will Harry return to Hopkins to save the gunners from their egos and 4.0s, or will he comply with a government investigation tied to his future medical career?

Dallas does not forget anything. It watches from neon-lit bar corners and Highland Park breakfast tables, from Oak Cliff church pews and Carrollton market stalls where two languages blend mid-sentence without apology. Ashley Moore is three months from her Communications degree, bartending her way toward a future her mother has different blueprints for - loyal, incisive, and done shrinking herself to fit rooms that were never built for her. Chloe Blanchard is a Design junior navigating the quiet war between who she is and who her world expects her to be, photographing shadows and hiding her real work behind the version of herself that causes the least disruption. When a Deep Ellum dare becomes the best decision either of them makes all year, the city takes note. What follows is not a fairytale. It is family reckoning, legal confrontation, identity excavation, and two women learning to choose each other loudly inside a world that would prefer they stay quiet. The burn is slow. The love is earned. Nothing important comes without cost. drama © Relle H. all rights reserved.

One day, they were about to perform but Oliver got a fever from the cold outside, but Oliver still wanted to perform even tho he had a fever

We didn't end because the love ran out. That would have been simpler-clean, explainable, the kind of ending you can wrap up with a sentence and survive. Instead, we ended the way long relationships sometimes do: quietly. Carefully. With a tenderness that made the damage feel almost polite. After years together, we had the kind of intimacy that turns ordinary things into vows-knowing each other's orders, falling into the same step on the sidewalk, keeping a spare key without ever questioning what it meant. And then the world around us started asking for proof that our love was "worth it." His family never called me a problem outright. They didn't need to. Disapproval arrived dressed as concern-soft-spoken, well-intentioned, impossible to argue with without looking ungrateful. We love you. We just worry. Be mindful. Don't give people something to talk about. Support came with edits. Acceptance came with conditions. And he-caught between duty and desire-began to protect me with omissions, hoping silence could spare me the feeling of being measured. It didn't. This story begins at the end: a breakup spoken in restaurant voices, a spare key slid back across the table, a cheap claw-machine charm clicking once like punctuation. Then it rewinds-through the last community banquet, the first "helpful" correction, the first time he chose peace over honesty-back to the night we won that stupid little charm and thought we'd found something that couldn't be touched. We were wrong. But for a while, we were perfect.

Mary has just witnessed something horrible. Something she could never begin to cope with; something that she caused, or perhaps committed...

mimi is about to have her biggest break yet, but not exactly in the work field. oh no. she's determined to make the biggest break of her life by finally leaving everything behind in pursue of what makes her happy. or in which a young girl decides to finally chase her dreams and stop trying to meet other people's expectations so she flights away to a quiet and reserved town. Book 1 in the "Finally Free" series •inspired by summer strike and one million yen girl •pictures do not belong to me •slice of life but may have a little romance

20 year old Corrine Roberts moves to New York to earn enough money to take care of her mother and her sister. She meets multi-million dollar billionaire Markos Imogen, a businessman and real estate agent . When destiny opens doors they are not meant to be shut again.

"You must understand. Try to Understand. You must understand, that the world is different from where we stand. From where I stand. Please. Just Listen." Within a world of progress, technology and inclusion there is still so much more work to do. No one listens - No one seems to care. Through the eyes of Ren, you dear reader have a new perspective. You now walk in the shoes of our heroine as she takes you on a journey of her life. A life she shares with many, yet a life that few acknowledge. Do you have what it takes to understand where she comes from, where they come from? Do you have the heart to experience her heart break, her struggle and her fight? Follow Ren as she ushers you towards the daily story of a minority millennial - to find love, to fight injustice, and to find equality.

# f r e e y o u r b o d y about a girl who lost all confidence and security because of her appearance, & a boy who only wishes for her to see her beauty. # 1 0 3 s h o r t s t o r y

Three Asian-Americans. One elite high school. Dev, Ashley, and Eric are starting their freshman year at George Washington High School for Science and Technology, in Alexandria, Virginia. Complicated relationships, real-life characters, and reality is at the center of this story of gifted kids in a difficult world.

They'll call them reckless kids, trying to find their bearings on the other side of a vast expanse of sea. Or: a compilation of short, interconnected stories about a group of Chinese-American childhood friends.

When Alima Song's parents vanish for no reason, she eventually thinks that they're dead, so she moves from her home in California to the tourist town of Cloncarrig, Ireland to get away from her grief. Aside from issues with the Fair Folk, she gets to know some Malachy Bray and his friends, finds a job, a house, and adopts a stray dog. Unknown to most people, the dog is Ned Song, her cursed but very much living father. He and her mother Lucy have not been killed--they "just" got kidnapped and cursed by the Wild Hunt, who are also the ones that keep trailing Alima after she moved. The Irish gods do not enjoy thinking about why a whole gang of fairies are messing with the Song family, but since their leader is a force of nature, they'll have to start improvising their help.

~An anthology written for Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month '23, '24, and '25~ It's no surprise that my stories are all written from the heart. I've been thinking, though - home is where the heart lives. Maybe I should write about my home this time around. These stories, accompanied with notes about identity and diversity, intertwine into a possibility of how culture shapes who we are today. Embark on adventures or relish in the little moments in life, filled with Chinese history, culture, mythology, and more - tidbits from where I live and where my heart lies. Each story will acclaim and pay tribute to where I am and what made me, me. After all, there's no shame in loving who you are. ------------------ Accolades: 🏅featured on @IdentityandCulture's 2026 AAPI Heritage Month / API Month Reading List 🥇1st in the Glorious Awards 🥇1st in the Dazzle Awards: Random Category 🥇1st in the Brumous Collab Awards 2024: Best Opening Line 🥈2nd in the Categories Mini Awards: Best Opening Chapter 🥉3rd in the Valentine Awards: Diversity Genre

Katsuya Garcia is an existential and antisocial senior in high school who has made quite the name for herself on Tinder. James Rodriguez is the "bad boy" who is a virgin. Put em together and what do you get? Lots of heartbreak, existentialism, and smut (maybe.) A different take on the #badboygoodgirl genre, only this time, it's #badgirlgoodboy (in disguise!)

Jane Park or Jae-in as her grandparents call her is your average Asian-American, struggling with college. She has avoided drama all her life, until her life becomes one itself. Rekindling old friendship and getting on good terms with her ex-boyfriend couldn't possibly hurt anyone would it? Could a trip to Paris together change things? After all, it's the city of love. "Of course it wouldn't. We're just friends." Jane would say. But it's hard to tell, when her one hell of a gorgeous ex keeps tugging on her heartstrings. 201018 - #1 in asiansinlit 040818 - #8 in yaromance 150318 - #112 in general fiction 010719 - #6 in diversityinlit

Siblings Mylene, Ako, and Wo Fong grapple with the precarious reality of an unknown North American war with Asia. After their stepfather is accused of high treason, the three begin interacting with supernatural elements of a cultural heritage they had long since forgotten.

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This is the story of me.

A story about someone who is proud to be Asian despite the world saying otherwise.