Korean-american Stories

Serena Yoon never meant to become Korea's newest obsession. Born and raised in Seattle, the 24-year-old Korean-American moves to Seoul after graduating with a Computer Science degree, planning to spend a few quiet months with her grandmother before deciding what to do with her life. Instead, she accidentally shakes the entire esports world. Under the anonymous in-game name Astra, Serena climbs the Korean ranked ladder with terrifying speed. Her mechanics feel impossible. Her decision-making almost inhuman. Nobody knows who she is, yet clips of her dismantling professional players spread across Korean forums overnight. A ghost account. A prodigy. A rumor. Then T1 notices her. What begins as a private tryout quickly turns into national controversy when Serena becomes the first woman to join T1's League of Legends main roster. Some people call her the future of esports. Others insist she doesn't belong there at all. As Astra becomes one of the most watched names in Korea, Serena is still just trying to figure out where she belongs. In America. In Korea. In esports. In her own skin. And then there's Lee Sang-hyeok. Who never tries to figure her out at all. Who just... stays. Crossfire: T1 Astra is a slow-burn esports romance about identity, fame, loneliness, and what happens when the world turns someone into a legend before they've even figured out who they are.

Malaina Chastain has her life perfectly planned. Pre-vet track, 4.0 GPA, complete STEM requirements. And absolutely, positively, no distractions-especially not football players. But when she's assigned to tutor running back Choi Seo Joon in organic chemistry, her carefully controlled world starts to unravel. He's patient where others are pushy. Thoughtful where others are thoughtless. And he looks at her like she's more than just the perfect student everyone expects her to be. There's just one problem: she's supposed to be getting back together with her ex, Cooper - the safe choice, the expected choice, the one her family and friends have already planned her future around. Between debutante ball practices with the wrong guy, stolen moments with the right one, and a viral video that exposes feelings she's been trying to deny, Malaina has to decide: keep being perfect, or start being happy. Because sometimes the biggest risk isn't falling for the wrong person. It's falling for the right one. ✨ A clean slow-burn college romance about finding yourself, defying expectations, and discovering that home isn't a place-it's a person. ✨ Updates on Friday (and more often when I get free time)! Enjoy the Spotify playlist. Find it by searching for the playlist name: Fourth Down Chemistry Throwback Playlist. 🏈 College Football Romance | AMBW | Forced Proximity | Forbidden Romance | Found Family Trigger Warnings: minor character with terminal illness, mention of death

❝How do you know death so well?❞ ❝Embrace insanity once, you will be acquainted with death for forever.❞ Walking away was never easy and seeing death in front of your eyes will never be forgotten. When you are best friend with wickedness and blood becomes your daily dose of satisfaction then death is not easy to remember, that is until the dead one is your loved one. Among the busy crowds of people walking on streets and behind the walls of houses of smiling families lie secrets so big left to be unfold by twenty two years old Lioana. Webs of lies needed to be broken by her, unbeknownst to people around her. Only love and innocence as her weapon and shield, she is forced to change into something she never ever dreamt about. Only darkness and fear as Victor's armor, he is forced to come to light now and fight the war he has been fighting only in dark by now. A battlefield and only two player left to play a game of chess against an army of power and money hungry foxes. A story forged in blood and lies covered under sheets of darkness and wickedness. And two beating heart trying make their way through a mess called life.

"I put my family before everything in my life. If you can't understand that, then you can't be with me." ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ji Ah Song - or as she's known by her classmates, Song Ji Ah - is the third eldest child in her family. She cares for her two younger brothers, often hangs out with one of her older brothers, and protects all of her siblings from their mother. Life for her is a balancing act: she lives in a dorm on her college campus, holds down a job at a diner, majors in Business, participates in many clubs, gets her brothers to school on time, and learns how to eventually run their family business. She's not looking for anything more to add onto her plate, but when a new friend introduces their older brother to Ji Ah, her mundane - if not chaotic - life becomes a bit more interesting. The beautiful cover was created by @Juverine ❤❤ {Copyright © miraculously_gifted, All Rights Reserved, 2019 - )

Rain had a fairly easy life until college. A baby, a deadbeat baby daddy, and no college degree later, she finds herself struggling to make ends meet and maintain her sanity. Losing her job right before Christmas doesn't help. Just when she's reached her breaking point, a mysterious job opportunity overseas becomes available. Starting the new year in a foreign place will prove to be extremely difficult...is Rain up for the challenge? Submission for the open novella contest 2019!

Cheon Sung-Nam is a bored teenager. Cheon Sung-Nam is a Blessed child with a ability called Sherlock. Cheon Sung-Nam becomes a detective to pass time, and she has a high success rate. Although she solves crimes and mysteries, there is still one mystery that is yet to be solved: "What happened to my mom and dad?"

EunHae is a nine year old who bids a tearful farewell to Appa as leaves for America in search of better life and promises to come back for her in two years. Ten years later, EunHae still lives her life clinging to the memories of Appa and life denied, shutting out all those who love her. When she goes in search of answers, she uncovers far more than she ever expected.

[A 2017 Wattys Award Winner] In which Hannah Jung, with the help of Xavier Park, learns to breathe again.

Dell Cassandra is the number one football player in Eastwood High. She loved to hang out with the members of the Boys' Football Team. Her alter ego Dell 'Willow' Cassandra was one secret which she kept from others. That is, until *drumroll* a new (second) year begins when she starts seeing Haru Kim, a freshman. Haru doesn't like her badass and outgoing personality but soon comes to know about what had been Dell's insecurity for years - murder. Will he keep stuff to himself? Did Dell threaten him with the same fate as her prev.. (oops. that was a spoiler!) Note: Each chapter is less than 1000 words so you can finish it fast. Credits to the picture owners on Pinterest/Google

Kim Chae-won is learning how to feel alive. This Florida teenager is finding who she is on her own. Throughout the last two years of her high school education, she is granted with many choices All the good and the bad decisions lead to her self-discovery that will take her on new adventures.

"I didn't mean for it to happen...I didn't mean for any of this to happen..." >>>>>>>>> Areum Song has it all: beauty, popularity, smarts, and money. Her world is one of privilege and perfection until a tragic accident shatters her existence. She crashes her car into Ashton Park, the notorious bad boy of their neighborhood. The impact proves fatal, plunging Areum into a maelstrom of guilt and despair. But as she struggles to come to terms with the irreversible consequences of her actions, a strange phenomenon occurs. In a bizarre twist of fate, Areum is sent back in time. Thrown back to a month before Ashton's death, Areum is granted a second chance- a chance to rewrite destiny. But altering the course of fate proves to be no easy task. As Areum delves deeper into the complexities of time travel, she forms an unexpected bond with Ashton, who doesn't seem like the guy that she's hated for years at all. Caught in a web of secrets, regrets, and redemption, Areum must navigate the delicate balance between changing the past and accepting the present. But as the lines between right and wrong blur, she finds herself questioning everything she's ever stood for. Is it possible for her to change the course of time? Or will she create an even bigger scandal than before?

[Writer on break due to finals. Will return on the 17th] When a life is taken for granted, death will give it meaning again. 🦋🦋🦋 After the tragedy of her sister, Renae makes a deal with Haneul Lee, a Korean businessman who's work visa is ending soon. She needs a place to live and someone to look after her, and he needs a green card to continue his career in the States. On strictly contract-like terms, they get married. Two years later, Renae is unhappy and per her request, Haneul agrees on a divorce. Haneul moves back to Korea, taking up a job with his cousin while Renae plans on returning to her passion in piano. Everything is going smoothly and the two agree to keep in touch. Until a half month later, Renae finds herself with tear-stained cheeks as her ex-husband's coffin is lowered into the ground of a Korean cemetery. Devastated and in shock, Renae returns home heartbroken without a clue as to why. He was no longer hers and they had never loved each other in that way before. Yet, she can't make the pain of losing him go away. All hope for the rest of her life seems to be lost, until one morning, Renae finds Haneul back in their apartment. Alive. Somehow traveling back in time three months before Haneul's death, Renae makes it her personal mission to prevent him from leaving this world a second time. But as the only one with the previous knowledge of the turn of events, it's not so easy preventing a murder... especially when the victim starts to fall in love with you.

A favor--that's all it was supposed to be for Venus and Rowan when they agreed to go on a fake date. Their goal was to help their friends promote their website, Montier University Matchmaking Services. But as Venus and Rowan spend more time together, what should have been a harmless favor becomes something more when the two begin to develop feelings for one another. However, Rowan's past trauma makes trusting others a challenging task, and Venus' unhealed scars from a difficult upbringing hinder her ability to rely on others. Can their blossoming love overcome the challenges of external pressures and internal battles?

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This book may contain korean words since the main character(s) are korean American. **** He walked down the hallways with his head down trying to survive a day at school, at home he blocked out the sounds of shattering glass and shouting by blasting his music on full volume while he laid in the dark. Long sleeved shirts covered what he did to himself every night before he fell asleep. He kept his feelings in a jar and covered them with a fake smile. His smile was award winning being able to cover up all his weaknesses, but one thing that gave him away was his eyes, his eyes always told everything if people stop for a while and noticed. He was secretly falling apart and either were to busy not caring to notice, or they where oblivious to the obvious He wasn't close to anyone, he didn't have any friends and he found it better off that way. Besides, what person would want to befriend someone who would even befriend themselves? He was any book waiting to be filled with words, waiting for someone to tell his story, and the broken boy who was glue keeping his family together was the one and only Ace Evergreen.

Annie is a charming Korean American girl who just graduated from college. It was her dream to work in Wall Street all her life. She gets into Lehman Brothers with the help of her best friend, Daniel, but work is demanding and tough. Senior Bankers are jerks. To escape from stress, she decided to attend a conference in Rio, Brazil. Nam Joo Hyuk, the heir of Samsung is there attending the same conference. In a city known for its exotic beauty and passionate love, they fall for each other as if it was destiny. They visit beautiful places around Brazil, having experiences of a lifetime. When they go back to their respective cities, they realize their relationship is not about smooth sailing; they face an unexpected headwind that threatens to blow their love away.

College kid, Jin Chung, always wanted to become a writer ever since he was little. His dream followed him through childhood on the streets of inner city Oakland, college life in Berkeley City College, and eventually young adult life in the Bay Area. When he met the girl of his dream, Sophie Kei, a yoga instructor, his life was forever changed. This novel followed his pursuit of dreams, pursuit of love, hope, peace, and everything in between.....

Zara Park, an 18 years old Korean-American youth, was a senior in St. Everest High School, Seattle, who wished to have a normal student life just like how it was before. No problems, No fights, No love. Well, not until when her childhood best friend, Cassandra, recommended a waffle place downtown, where Zara met a certain person that was able to sway her entire existence. From antagonistic traumas to never-ending heart breaks, Zara found someone that could give her the bundle of joy and warmth that could stop her from suffering all those pain she couldn't endure anymore, and that person was someone she never expected, and they were 5 years apart.

Hoon and Alice are not the average South Korean couple. Join this match made in heaven (or rather the internet) for the adventures of their daily lives! ----- Short Story Collection