Cover Photo: Illustration by Sirin Thada for Catapult
Illustration by Sirin Thada for Catapult

A Precious Stone

“A humble name. Shi Tou cannot be mistaken for a precious stone. To be something ordinary makes you less fragile.”

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Zhong Qiu Wan Hui

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Sorry I’m waiting for the bus.

You could’ve told me you were working late

Yeah oops

Hope you’re not burning yourself out.

OK. Thanks.

Actually, I think I’ll sleep at the hotel tonight for my interview. The recruiter booked me a room.

OK

I’m not doing this to punish you. I just really need the space.

OK.

Can you say something other than fucking ok!!

I want you to stay.

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Amy Y.Q. Lin is a Chinese American writer. She serves as the books editor for Washington Square Review and a reader for One Story. Her work has been generously supported by Tin House and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Amy is currently an MFA candidate in fiction at NYU and holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Cornell University. She lives in Seattle and New York and tweets @amyliny.