F(r)iction No.9 Available Now for Pre-Order

F(r)iction Issue No.9, featuring my short story “From the Roof of The Henry Vaughn Hotel” is now available for pre-order from Tethered By Letters. No.9 is all about obsessions: Obsessions with love, death, sex, alternate realities, and the ideal Tinder date. No.9 features: JEFF VANDERMEER KIRSTY LOGAN DAVID GALEF Poetry by THOM YOUNG and STUART DYBEK […]

Final Reading for PITC Residency

PEN in the Community‘s Teaching Artist in Residency at Fairfax High School Pete’s freshmen creative writing workshop published their anthology and had their public reading on Friday December 1st at the Greenway Theater in Mid-City LA. 30 students worked with Pete and authors Chris Terry, Shawna Kenney, and Chiwan Choi to produce over 30 pieces […]

“From the Roof of the Henry Vaughn Hotel” nominated for Pushcart!

With great surprise and appreciation, I’m thrilled to announce that my short story “From the Roof of the Henry Vaughn Hotel” has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize by Tethered By Letters and F(r)iction Magazine.

Reading at LA Lit Crawl 2017

I’ll be reading at the Lit Crawl with my friends from the Blue Hour: Lily Anne Harrison, Matt Buga, Chris Lee, and Zora Ellis. This Wednesday 10/25 at 845PM at Big Wangs on Lankershim. Need suggestions for the rest of the night? I’ll be at: Round One; 700PM: The Dimes | Death and Other Funny Stories […]

Pete to Read at Tuesday Night Project with Bitter Party & others

Tuesday Night Project presents: The 1st & 3rd Tuesday Night Cafe The Home Show Now the oldest Asian American mic series in the country, TNC highlights new work in visual and performing arts from the Los Angeles and Asian American artistic community in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. Join us for our 19th season at one […]

“Mission Concept” nominated for 2017 Best of the Net

“Mission Concept” was nominated by Flapperhouse for Sundress Publications’ 2017 Best of the Net. “Mission Concept” was originally published in Flapperhouse Issue #14. Flapperhouse’s other nominees are: Monica Lewis for her poem “artemis” and Deirdre Coyle for her short story “How to Vomit Living Creatures.” Huge thanks to Joe O’Brien, Stephen Langlois, and everyone at […]

Skylight Books Podcast: PEN EV Meet&Greet

Listen to the PEN Center Emerging Voices Meet & Greet on Skylight Books podcast. Featuring my short essay “The Writer”and lots of love, affection and encouragement for writers and the EV Fellowship.

F(r)iction Spring Short Story Contest

My short story “From the Roof of the Henry Vaughn Hotel” won Friction‘s Spring Short Story Contest! It’ll be a little bit until you can read it in print. In the meantime, the electrifying F(r)iction Issue #8 will be out tomorrow! Find it at Barnes & Noble, other retailers, or order direct: https://tetheredbyletters.com/store/

The Blue Hour Reading Series

July 30th, 2017: The Victory Theatre, Burbank Pete read from “Asleep for Days” with a wonderful cast of writers and musicians: including Lily Anne Harrison, Barton Aikman, Grace Yun, Matt Buga, singer-songwriter Matt Kronish, and many more. The Blue Hour is a grassroots literary reading series developed, hosted and produced by Lily Anne Harrison. They bring […]

PEN EV Final Reading

July 25th, 2017: The Skirball Cultural Center Heartfelt thank you to PEN Center USA: Amanda Fletcher, J Ryan Stradal, the entire PEN staff and board, and my genius cohort. It has been a wonderful and life changing experience.