The Squid and Cactus

“Who even reads that stuff these days?” Na Yun-seong is a writer. Or rather, he is a ‘writer’ in the sense that he publishes erotic novels in a monthly newspaper—the kind of publication where a hundred out of a hundred people would ask, “Does that thing still exist?” “It’s hard for us, too. For a newspaper company on the verge of shutting down, isn't it a bit much to keep funding novels? Especially erotic ones that nobody reads.” “Just you wait. I won’t let you get away with this.” Insulting both himself and his writing was something even his mother couldn't forgive. The ‘Munyoung Newspaper’ in Yun-seong’s hand was torn to shreds, both horizontally and vertically. --- When a customer ...