Natara Ng, Kin ’23, won The Journal’s Winter 2021 short story contest for “Her Last Day,” the subtle tale of a lonely man tending a garden with a twist: both the man and his plants are more than meets the eye. In an interview with The Journal, Ng discussed her winning story and her writing style.  “Right...

I enter the backyard to begin my last day of work before the season is over. The early September air is laden with desperate rays of white sunlight and warm winds that brush against me as I walk past the fountain in the middle of the yard. The lily pads bathe in the water, so estranged from the rest...