In her present life, she had about five friends. Since she frequented nowhere, she wouldn’t necessarily have met them. They were all from past lives, and she wasn’t sure why they’d remained. Like limescale build-up in the bend of a pipe, thickening with time and the water flow. Impossible to ignore after a while. One […]
蕭熠 Jackie Hsiao
蕭熠JACKIE HSIAO, born in Taipei in the 1980s, graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and earned a master’s degree from Pratt Institute. She has studied in Chicago, New York, and Hong Kong. Jackie won the first prize for fiction at the Taiwan Literature and Art Camp, and her work has been shortlisted for the Lin Rong-san Literary Award and the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Literary Award. Her stories also appeared in 九歌107年小說選 (9 Songs and 107 Years Short Story Collection) and have featured in various newspaper supplements, as well as publications such as INK Literary Monthly. Currently residing in Taipei, Jackie continues to lead her life as a writer. She is also the author of 名為世界的地方 (The So-Called World).

