Inspired by HBO's series The Wire, The Sopranos, and Deadwood, he began working on a short story collection that he later published as Between Here and the Yellow Sea in 2006.
Inspiriran HBO-ovim serijama poput Žice, Obitelji Soprano i Deadwood započeo je pisati kolekciju kratkih priča koje je 2006. godine izdao pod zajedničkim naslovom Between Here and the Yellow Sea.