she originally studied playwriting in college, and perhaps for that reason her stories reveal an unusual interest in small, run-down spaces. the short story "christmas special" takes place in a run-down inn, while "run, daddy, run" and "happy life" are set in half-basement rooms. "i go to the convenience store" features the intensively capitalistic space of a convenience store, and the backdrop of "sky kong kong" is a rooftop room in a small provincial city. her humorous depiction of the people who live in these spaces evokes a rich pathos.