Young-ha Kim

From "one of South Korea's best and most worldly writers" (NPR): An electric collection that captivates and provokes in equal measure, exploring what it means to be on the edge--between life and death, good and evil

And Other Stories

Diary of a Murderer

Stacy Wong

I used to practice making faces in the mirror. A sad look, a happy look, a worried look, a dejected look. Eventually I developed a simple technique. I just imitated the person in front of me. If someone frowned, I frowned, and if someone laughed, I laughed. 

In the old days, people thought the devil lived inside a mirror. The devil they saw in the mirror, he was probably me.

On my way back to the house I listen to the crackling of bamboo leaves underfoot and think about the people I've buried below. Those dead bodies become bamboo and shoot up toward the heavens.

It was disappointment. It was hope for a more perfect pleasure. Each time I buried a victim, I repeated to myself: I can do better next time.

Jackie Lu

Some stories were better than others but overall a good series of short stories

Ufuk Safak

I listened to the audiobook in a couple of hours and It was a very exciting story.

dija

Ley Stanton

Robin

Sunny

Kim Young-ha

Parasite meets Han Kang in these twisted tales of murder, loyalty and obsession... Kim Byeongsu is losing his mind. Quite literally. He keeps forgetting the little things in life, like basic words, whether or not he has a dog, the last time he killed someone... In his prime, Byeongsu was one of the best murderers around, spending years obsessively trying to perfect his technique, only killing in the pursuit of artistry. And then he gave it all up to be a dedicated father to his adopted-daughter, Eunhui. Now though, suffering from the onset of dementia, he decides to come out of retirement one last time and for one final target: his daughter's boyfriend, who he believes is a serial killer just like him. After all, it takes a one to know one. In other dark and glittering tales, an affair between two childhood friends questions the limits of loyalty and love; a family disintegrates after a baby son is kidnapped and recovered years later; and a wild, erotic pursuit of creativity might just come at the expense of all sanity. 'Filled with the kind of sublime, galvanizing stories that strike like a lightning bolt, searing your nerves' Nylon

Diary of a Murderer And Other Stories

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