In Hong Kong, Kingsway Lee is a pop star of epic proportion, a movie star, crooner, and tabloid darling turned tabloid disgrace by a recent sex photo scandal. Back home in California, where he’s hiding from paparazzi, mafioso, and scores of husbands in jealous rages, he’s a nobody, unrecognized by the public and distasteful to his parents, who still see him as the kid who never finished his premed degree at Berkeley. As he tries to find a place in his family and in the heart of his childhood crush, he faces an important decision. He could pick up where he left off years ago and build the sort of stable, decent life his sister has managed. Or he could dive back into the glittering muck of his own stardom and exact a thrilling revenge on the man who brought him down.
Also available as part of the story bundle You Don’t Look Like Your Picture: Stories of Love in the Digital Age, six stories for just $4.99.
Vanessa Hua’s work has appeared in The Atlantic, ZYZZVA, Calyx, New York Times, Salon, and elsewhere. Previously, she was a staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times, and has reported from Asia. A Steinbeck Fellow in Creative Writing, she blogs at threeunderone.blogspot.com
