relatives
Author's Note

“I practiced loving less to be less sad.”
2025 Young Writer Award Grand Prize winner Baek On-yu draws
A corrupted heart and a feeling of extreme love that cannot be poured out generously

Baek On-yu, who won the Changbi Youth Literature Award for his novel 『Amusement Park』 and the Grand Prize at the 2025 Young Writer's Award for 『Half of Half of Half』, captivated the hearts of readers of all generations with his new short story 『Relationships』, published by Wisdom House.
This is the first book published after winning the Young Writer's Award, and it is the story of two children under protection, 'Yoon-ah' and 'Tae-hwa', who have now become adults and are trying to rebuild their relationship that was strained due to Tae-hwa's death.

One day, as usual, Yuna is crossing the street when she receives a phone call that Taehwa has died.
This was something that was completely unrealistic for Yuna, who had grown up like real siblings in an orphanage, “staggering just enough to handle things properly and being an exemplary self-reliant person,” and who had considered each other to be her inseparable family.
Even while struggling with the district office staff to get Taehwa, who was classified as an unclaimed body due to his lack of family, there was another reason why Yuna could not believe Taehwa was dead.
The dead Taehwa was ringing the doorbell of Yuna's house every night.
Unable to ask whether Taehwa is aware of his own death or why he comes to her house every night instead of Taehwa's or his girlfriend Jihyun's house, Yuna prepares meals for him and listens to his stories for the two weeks that Taehwa visits.

Yuna and Taehwa, children who were not accepted by their original families, grow up seeing each other as their everything and alter ego.
Even as adults, they try to be each other's only fence, but they understand the cruel truth that to say they are like family means they are not family at all, and they constantly search for complete and blind affection.
The heart that does not receive as much as it gives gradually decays, and rushes to the tragic ending of Taehwa's death.
Two people who have never learned how to love and do not know how to love, cling precariously to a thin, fragile spider web and reach out to each other.
In the deep night when only the two of them exist, Yuna finally becomes Taehwa's relative.

A special experience that allows you to breathe deeply into 'a single story'

Beginning in November 2022, Wisdom House will be introducing the most diverse and newest stories of Korean literature, one per week, through its short story serial project, "Weekly Fiction."
Over the past year, 50 stories have been loved by readers, including Gu Byeong-mo's "Shred," Jo Ye-eun's "Waiting for the High Tide," Ahn Dam's "The Girl Grows Alone," and Choi Jin-young's "Aurora."
The Wepick series publishes serialized novels in this way, and rather than the conventional method of binding together several short stories, it takes the unusual approach of composing a book with only one short story, giving readers the special experience of breathing deeply into each story.
Wepick is not bound by any criteria or distinctions such as material or format, and focuses solely on the completeness of a single story.
Through novels by a variety of authors, including novelists, non-fiction writers, poets, and youth literature writers, we break down genres and boundaries, expanding the possibilities and enjoyment of stories.

Following the 50 episodes of Season 1, Season 2 is filled with even more new writers and stories.
Season 2 will feature writers Kang Hwa-gil, Lim Seon-woo, Dan Yo, Jeong Bo-ra, Kim Bo-young, Lee Mi-sang, Kim Hwa-jin, Jeong I-hyeon, and Lim Sol-ah.
Additionally, Season 2 will include author interviews, telling a variety of stories both inside and outside of the works, further enriching the annual festival of 50 stories.

Introducing the Wepick Series

Wepick is a short story series from Wisdom House.
It offers a special experience of breathing deeply into ‘one story’.
I dream that this small piece will become a new piece that expands your world, that each small piece will come together to become your story, and that it will become a piece of literature that will be deeply engraved in your heart.

A Piece of Literature, Wepick

Gu Byeong-mo's "Shred"
Lee Hee-joo's "Mayumi"
Yoon Ja-young's "Grandma's Tteokbokki Recipe"
Park So-yeon's "Bustling, but Secretive"
Kim Ki-chang's "The Visitor on Christmas Eve"
Lee Jong-san's "Blue Marble"
Kwak Jae-sik's "The End of Space Wars"
Kim Dong-sik's "100 Buttons"
Bae Ye-ram, "I Will Be Under the Water"
Lee So-ho's "My Crazy Neighbor"
Oh Han-gi's "My Happy Parenting Diary"
Jo Ye-eun's "Waiting for High Tide"
Dojinki 『Annie』
Park Sol-moe's "Girlfriends of the Far East"
Jeong Hye-yoon's "Workshop for People Who Want to Feel at Peace"
Hwangmogwa's "10 Seconds Forever"
Kim Hee-sun's "Samcheok, Immortal"
Choi Jeong-hwa's "Botros Report"
Jeong Hae-yeon's "Model"
Jeong I-dam's "Flower of Reincarnation"
Moon Ji-hyuk's "Christmas Carousel"
Kim Mok-in's "Marcel Accordion Club"
Jeon Geon-woo's "Ange"
Choi Yang-seon's "Shadow Butterfly"
Lee Ha-jin's "The Graveyard of Probability"
All of the 『Sweet and Earnest』
Lee Yuri, "Can You Sleep?"
Sim Neul: "Oh no, my mom kidnapped the spaceship."
Choi Hyun-sook's "Women of Changsin-dong"
Yeonyeom 『Limited 2nd Semester Book Club』
Seo Mi-ae's "My Girlfriend"
Kim Won-young's "Our Climbing"
Jeong Ji-don's "Deaths That Cannot Be Called Modern"
Lee Seo-su's "What My First Love Left for My Sister"
Lee Kyung-hee's "Knot Organizer"
Song Kyung-ah's "Rainbow Pet Columbarium"
Hyunhojeong's "Three Colors"
Kim Hyun's "Unique Form"
Kim Yi-hwan's "A Better Human"
Lee Min-jin's "Muching"
Andam "Girls Grow Up Alone"
Jo Hyun-ah's "Rice-Life Clown Play"
Kim Hyo-in's "Refresh"
Jeon Hye-jin's "Cutting the Gordian Knot"
Kim Cheong-gyul's "Dehumidifier Diet"
Choi Ui-taek's "Nontunneling"
Kim Yu-dam's "Space M"
Jeon Sam-hye's "The Road to Myself"
Choi Jin-young's "Aurora"
Lee Hyuk-jin's "Solid and Rust-Free"
Kang Hwa-gil's "Young-hee and James"
Lee Moon-young's "Lucas"
Hyonchan Yang's "For Queen Inhyeon's Return to the Palace"
Cha Hyun-ji's "Different Days"
Kim Seong-jung's "Mole Man"
Kim Seo-hae's "Rabiu and Ring"
Lim Seon-woo's "0000"
Dune 'Bari'
Han Yuri's "Immortal Injeolmi"
Han Jeong-hyeon, "Love and Union Chapter 0"
Wi Su-jeong's "The Turkey is Hidden"
Cheon Hee-ran's "Author's Note"
Information on 『Window』
Lee Ju-ran's "At That Time"
Kim Bo-young's "It's a Wild Thing"
Lee Ju-hye's "The Room with the Chinese Parrot"
Jeong Dae-geon's "Buonissimo, Naples"
Kim Hee-jae's "Mars and the Attempt at Creativity"
Danyo 『Verbena Beyond the Wall』
Moon Bo-young's "The Sad You Who Knows the Name of a Bird"
Park Seo-ryeon's "Body Body"
Geum Jeong-yeon, "Everyone's Sunday"
Park Yi-kang's "Job Interview"
Kim Na-hyun's "The Universe of Premonition"
Kim Hwa-jin's "I Want to Be a Frog"
Kwon Kim Hyun-young's "Neither the Recipient nor the Sender, CC"
Bae Myung's "Summer of Gyehwa"
Lee Du-on's "The Disease That Kills You If You Don't Spend Money"
Kim Ji-yeon's "New Year's Practice"
Jo Woo-ri's "Suffering in Four Books"
Yesoyeon's "Noisy Whispers"
Lee Jang-wook's "The World of Superhumans"
Seong Hae-na, "When We Are Born and Die Ten Times"
Jang Jin-young's "Kim Yong-ho"
Lee Yeon-sook's "Dad's Novel"
Now, let's dance like a fool
Kwon Hee-jin's "First, Believe"
Jeong I-hyeon's "The Living Person"
Ham Yun-i's "Growing Up as a Cattle Thief"
Baek Se-hee's "The Testament of Barcelona"
Lee Hyun-seok's "The Age of Confession"
Im Sol-ah's "Cigarettes I Smoke Without My Mom Knowing"
Kim Yu-won's "Waikano"
Baek On-yu's "The Relationships"