by Cynthia Siadat | Apr 29, 2020 | Fifth Section
Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA, 2019 at 3AM Oh. My God. I’m jolted awake and sit upright in bed. My neck muscles tense immediately. It’s just my phone with it’s blaring ring. Why did I choose such an obnoxious ring tone? I don’t know. It matches the...
by Cynthia Siadat | Feb 19, 2020 | Eleventh Section
It’s December 2019, I’m sitting at a circular table inside the Farmers’ Market near the Grove. A few minutes before, I had stopped by one of the two stands selling alcohol and ordered a pint of Blue Moon. I rarely drink so the desire to buy a beer surprised me but it...