Winner · Contest #240
Lost and Found
On a lighthouse keeper’s final shift, a storm brings three solitary lives onto the same course. A story of rescue, late chances, and finding a way home.
Winner · Reedsy contest #213
The Porcelain Village
A potter begins to lose feeling in her hands as her daughter prepares to leave for America. Amid clay, lanterns, and old stories, she searches for a way to hold on—and let go.
Read the complete story on Reedsy- Genre
- Inspirational fiction
- Setting
- Ciqikou, China
- Themes
- Family, craft, letting go
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The story
Before you begin.
An important order could pay for Dandan’s first semester at Columbia. But her mother, a lifelong potter, is losing the very sense of touch her work depends on. As the Lantern Festival approaches, practical worries mingle with old beliefs, friendship, and the fear of separation. Making something beautiful becomes inseparable from learning how to release it.
Continue to the published story“My clay hands are becoming solid porcelain.”
From The Porcelain Village