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Kenneth S Kao

Kenneth Kao is the Doctor and co-owner of Vital Balance Chiropractic, is an instructor in Parkour and Freerunning at APEX Movement, and is a fight choreographer for a few independent films. Besides being a devoted husband, writing is his biggest passion.

Memories of Forgetting

I'm in the bookstore's coffee shop--by the windows, reading--when I suddenly must look up. She is there. Her hair is braided and put into a bun. Her lips press firmly together. She stares directly at me. I can't speak to her, though, even if I'm seeing our children. Today, she's…

Only Backwards

Mason leaned in to kiss Andrea. His first kiss ever. His heart pounded and he closed his eyes as her warm breath brushed his lips. He shivered, lifting frosty fingers from the cold porch, hesitating, not sure where to put them. Not on her, certainly. But it didn't matter anymore…

Selfless

My name is...John. I am... I have a wife and a daughter. They are visiting me today. Their names-- Alice. And Anna. I can see, sort of. Everything is blurry. I am submerged in a coffin, a clear coffin with green water. There's a tube in my mouth so that I can breath,…