"I OFTEN WONDER WHATÂ I WOULD DO IF
THERE WEREN'T ANY BOOKS IN THE WORLD."
- James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room
Stories
A selection of tales written over the last eight years, from a high school short story to an excerpt of an MA Dissertation.
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Aftermath of the In-Between is a short story collection of three.
about the author
Philippine-born and Hong Kong-raised.
Karina IC La'O has received her BA (Hons) in Visual Studies from Lingnan University ('22) and her MA with Merit in Creative Writing – Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia ('23–'24). Currently, she is a Creative/Critical PhD Candidate at UEA with a project that centers on manifestations of the 'witch' archetype in contemporary Filipino komiks and its relation to the country's national consciousness and identity.
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She has previously won the Junior First Place prize for the 2016 HK Top Story competition and since then, has continued her pursuit of writing through her academics and previous mentorships (Zolima Citymag, OWN Academy x SoHo House HK).
SAY ANYTHING
from random musings to intricate thoughts, I want to know them all. if you'd like to share 'em, at least!