Summer of Gyehwa
Author's Note

“I wonder if he’ll be back soon, and if so, how soon.”
A thousand-year-old snake and a human's first love, a summery color full of innocence

Author Bae Myung-eun, who demonstrated the essence of three-dimensional storytelling with the full-length novel 『Suspicious Oriental Medicine Clinic』, has published 『Summer of Gyehwa』 as part of Wisdom House's short story series Wipick.
The innocent and sorrowful first love of the thousand-year-old snake 'Yeoreum' who could not become a dragon and the girl 'Gyehwa' was melted into the midsummer scenery of the 1970s.

Gyehwa had a disease called ichthyosis.
It was a painful disease that caused the skin to crack and flake.
The class president, Nam-young, and the neighborhood kids teased Gye-hwa about everything.
Gyehwa, who has not heard from her parents who went to Seoul to work due to the teasing of her children, becomes so sad that she decides to kill herself.
He was determined to write a new legend by throwing himself off the famous cliff where the old fairy is said to have flown into the sky.
That day happened to be the first auspicious day in a thousand years when the snake finally became a dragon.
The eyes of the Gyehwa on the cliff and the Imugi ascending to the sky meet, and the Imugi, having broken the taboo of not showing its ascension to humans, is torn apart by lightning and falls to the ground.
The insignificant snake, now a snake, grinds its fangs and dreams of the day it will take revenge on that bean-sized thing.
Gyehwa, who knows nothing about anything, brings wild strawberries to the sick-looking Imugi and even names it 'Summer'.
The snake is now circling around, waiting for the plan.

Ten years later, Gyehwa overcomes her scaly skin and grows up beautifully.
Nam-yeong, who fell in love with Gye-hwa's appearance, persistently pursues her.
An evil ghost roaming the neighborhood tries to harm her, and an incident occurs where Imoogi, who has been secretly watching Gyehwa, ends up having no choice but to turn into a human.
“Will you remember me?” (Page 91) Imoogi, who unknowingly introduced himself as ‘Summer’, begins to feel his heart pounding.
But it seems that Gyehwa has forgotten all the childhood memories that Imoogi kept, the taste of wild strawberries and the smell of summer.
Perhaps the heavens knew the mind of the Imoogi. One night, Gyehwa, who was being chased by a ghost, runs into the Imoogi's arms.

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, Lim Sol-ah, and Hwang Jeong-eun.
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"
An Dam 『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 "The Most Perfect Drive"
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"
Dew Na 『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"
Just 『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"