Art kids on the run. Found family but messy af. Transmasc embodiment. This is a mafia romance written by someone who didn’t understand the assignment.
Author’s note: Koreatown is an ongoing novel shared in serial format. Individual episodes offer early access; all episodes will eventually be compiled and sold as a separate eBook. Read more about the format here.
🏵️ KOREATOWN — Ep 1: you can touch me if you’re gentle
(Ch. 1-5 | 6.1k words, $0.99)
Transmasc protagonist, Vaginal sex, Trauma, Early-20s vibes, Diaspora, being in love with your best friend and doing terrible things for him
It’s four days that they have to settle into the space on their own. They stock the pantry with things from a grocery delivery service, until the third day when Minjae finally convinces Jisoo that it’s safe to come outside.
They walk to one of the little Koreatown shops down below their loft apartment, with Minjae leading Jisoo by the elbow like the blind.
“I don’t know. I think we should go back inside.”
“No, really,” Minjae tells him. “It’s okay.”
(Or try the first chapter free)
🏵️ KOREATOWN — Ep 2: fucking yourself up with your best friend in law
(Ch. 6-7 | 3.7k words, $2.99)
Chaeyong and Jisoo get closer, like moths to a flame.
🏵️ KOREATOWN — Ep 3: we threw a party
(Ch. 8-9 | 3.5k words, $2.99)
The baby of the group gets his turn. It’s sweeter than honey as the stars spin up above.
🏵️ KOREATOWN — Ep 4: down by the river where the hanky panky
(Ch. 10-12 | 7.8k words, $2.99)
Feelings are the hardest. People think some untrue things about Chaeyong. He thinks some untrue things right back.
Or, Jisoo and Chaeyong finally hash it out.
🏵️ KOREATOWN — Ep 5: what goes around
(Ch. 13 | 2.6k words, $2.99)
A controller lands next to Jisoo’s face when he wasn’t expecting it. His eyes fly open.
“Gotta pay the toll,” Chaeyong says, halfway across the room where he’s turning his TV on. “Play a round with me.”
“Are you serious?” he asks from behind the tent of his arm, slung up over his eyes.
“Deadly,” Chaeyong says. And then, a little lighter but a little more honest— “You gotta earn me, too. Just a little bit.”