New York

Westcity
a server as reply to What's your Deal

Abraham Kim
New York
There were so many rows in a database. Anytime, anyone wrote a new post a new row would be inserted into a table in this database. This database lived on a server somewhere out in New York City. He had heard Dennis talk about this once. Back when he was...

Westcity
mckayla wants a new life as reply to Running Away

Abraham Kim
New York Imogen Howe Westcity
McKayla had always wanted to move to  New York . This desire she kept at bay. Deep down she knew the city would break her. It was a place where everything was monetized. To have fun in the city and live a good life you needed money.

She didn't have money...

Westcity
seasick as reply to He was

Abraham Kim
Blue Man New York
The thought of somebody knowing his location knawed at him. This loss in anonymoty ruined him any enjoyment of the Caspian Sea. His mind detached from the body and wandered into the Muscle Bound skull heading east in the large SUV.

He wondered why Jack was driving this far east? Why...

Westcity
damn sure as reply to Rearview Mirror

Abraham Kim
gas New York California Cannonball Race catheter
He had an augmented trunk. More accurately put, he had no trunk. In its place was a 45 gallon auxillary tank that held extra gas . This meant that Keith could avoid filling up for months at a time. Depending on how much he drove, that would be about three...

Westcity
out there as reply to Times like These

Abraham Kim
New York Imogen Howe
"And also. If she was rescuing a puppy, wouldn't she answer my calls?"

"You got a point there."

Alan didn't say anything. Aaron could sense that his friend wanted him to volunteer to call Imogen again.

"Yeah but I can call her. I'll do it now. How about that?"

"Thanks, Aaron."

Aaron hung up and...

Westcity
made him smile as reply to A Little Longer

Abraham Kim
New York town
When he woke up it was quiet. His son must be out of the house he thought.

By now he'd gotten used to having Aaron around. They spent only a few hours awake at the same time. But the house felt more whole with his own kind bopping around. He was...

Westcity
under the moon as reply to You Up?

Abraham Kim
Imogen Howe moon SUV cigarette New York
"Yeah. Why are you up so late?"

"Couldn't sleep."

Then before Alan could reply, "why haven't you been replying? You've been... weird."

Alan suddenly forgot about his lost friend. Only Imogen Howe mattered now. He tried hiding his emotions from Aaron. But Aaron was too bored with looking for Jack now that he...

Westcity
sweat in the kitchen as reply to Thank you

Abraham Kim
beer New York udon
He needed a  beer .

His shift was only half done. This was the worst part. Stuck in the middle. At least a liter of sweat lost in this hot kitchen. Hot and loud. The fan they had spinning to ventilate the kitchen made it feel like they were working nearby...

Westcity
after pizza as reply to On the Cold

Abraham Kim
New York belly beer
Joey wiped the curst off his lips then dusted his fingers onto the tray. And then he wiped the grease off onto napkin that reminded him of paper towel.

For a moment he wished he was back home. What was he doing here?

That feeling quickly disappeared when he went outside. It's...

Westcity
but right now as reply to Call you Back

Abraham Kim
gun New York eyesight
Joey left his gun on the dresser before heading out. He had thought about bringing it. But why bring a gun to a funeral? Was that even legal, he wondered.

He had bought this gun with his friends during the weekend of Joey's 21st birthday party. It had made them feel...

On the Cold as reply to get the writing out of the way

Drew
Westcity New York Georgio's
He went to Brooklyn next, not sure why just seemed like she would live there. He thought it was a funny thing he was doing searching for one person in a city of millions. Maybe in  Westcity you could do that. Plan to accidently meet someone. Like they were only...

Westcity
stuck as reply to Big Apple

Abraham Kim
New York coffee
New York city... where the girls are pretty.

Joey said this to himself for the dozenth time. He took another swig. The coffee was lukewarm now. Barely lukewarm. Could even be classified as cold. What was lukewarm even? Who was Luke?

Maybe Luke wasn't a name. Had a meaning perhaps. He might...

Westcity
maybe as reply to Into a line

Abraham Kim
New York Westcity barista tea
They say, there's still a land where kings bow to monks.

New York was not that.

Joey arrived to a flurry of sounds. Loud metal banging on metal. Jackhammers. Sirens. Motors. Horns.

He made his way to Jackie's. Took a few wrong turns. But finally arrived just in time before pissing his pants....

Westcity
creative class wannabe as reply to Behind Him

Abraham Kim
Creative Class millennial New York stimulation Casey Neistat
In front of him sat a book with an audacious title. The Creative Class . He had tried reading it. But unlike that one customer who sat like a stone in that chair all night... Joey hadn't read more than two pages. The two pages he did read he didn't...

Westcity
washing his penis as reply to Working and Chilling

Abraham Kim
New York Southwest
A commercial jet is said to burn about a gallon of fuel each second it's in the air. Keith pondered this while on his Southwest airlines flight over to New York . This had been just 48 hours ago.

Strange that all of that felt so far away. So long ago....

Westcity
the day he broke as reply to Until Now

Abraham Kim
New York beer
The man who had lost his hat on the boat. He had always been a supremely happy man.

The worst things could happen. He would take them in stride. Saw the positive side to anything.

It was a wet, chilly  New York afternoon. Jittery from half a coffee too much. Nursing a ...

Westcity
darjeeling as reply to He Brought

Abraham Kim
New York Muji
He had packed one collared shirt. Although he would spend five days in  New York , he would only need to dress up for one of the days. The operation would need to happen swift.

The plan was to get it over with the next day. His phone rang. It made...

Westcity
being watched as reply to Watching Him

Abraham Kim
New York Empire State Building
There was a feeling the entire time. From the Uber, to the airport, and finally in  New York . The feeling of being watched.

He'd spent so much of his time watching others so he knew what it felt like to watch. It was uncanny to feel what it was like...

Watching Him as reply to empire state building

Drew
Spacecity New York
The next day he called in sick again. No one batted an eye.

"Of course take as much time as you need" they told Keith.

I need about a week, Keith thought. That should be enough time to take it all in. Flights were cheaper than he thought, last minute deal....

Westcity
empire state building as reply to She thought

Abraham Kim
New York Spacecity Trump Empire State Building
Keith had never observed anyone who worked at the  Empire State Building .

Growing up,  New York felt like the center of the universe. And little Keith could not imagine a world where everybody in New York didn't work in the Empire State Building.

Of course he grew up and got over...
Grandma Borman
Lol I've been noticing that a lot of your writing has to do with slightly uppermiddleclass suburban life.

HOAs. bake sales. book clubs. working on lawns. 

Where's all this inspiration coming from? are they from your upbringing or more recent things? 

I know you aren't trying to mimic somebody because... well maybe you are?

Cause i know remember trying to mimic 
David Lipsky
and the northeastern pastoral family/ 
New York
artist styled upbrining as a writer for the longest time. 

I tried coming up with fake upbringings.. thinking they were real! I tried painting my artist-source as this thing that was just pure mimicry grounded in nothing substantial! anyways.

tldr: what is your inspiration/observations that lead to this consistent context?
Abraham Kim

Flash Fiction Practice
John Cena and Peter Thiel rent a car

Abraham Kim
Westcity John Cena Peter Thiel New York Dodge Ram BMW Hertz Enterprise Zillow
The Dodge Ram didn't drive as smooth as the BMW . That's the sort of things you needed to do when you weren't in a big city like SF where you were surrounded by luxury cars everywhere so a sleek ride didn't attract any eyeballs.

They were out in Westcity ,...

Abe's Blog
One reason why i like writing about diners

Abraham Kim
midwest diner Warren Buffett New York
I remember once listening to someone talk about how New Yorkers talked. Apparently one of their primary forms of small talk consists of speaking about the subway. I was intrigued but confused. I asked how can you make small talk about the subway.

"Oh they just talk about which route they...