Wong's Lost and Found — William F. Wu

DESCRIPTION: With the passing of years Wong has become embittered. Stumbling upon a mysterious place, Wong discovers what happens to lost items, dreams, and feelings of people. Seeing a chance to regain his lost compassion Wong quickly discovers a maze of never ending shelves. When Wong stumbles upon a young woman also seeking a lost trait, will she be the key to finding those personality traits he so lacks?EXCERPT:I stopped when she reached for a big stoppered metal bottle, on the shelf next to her. She heaved it at me, and I only had time to spin around. It hit my shoulder blade, hard, and bounced unharmed to the floor.I whirled back toward her, ready to grab it and throw it back at her, but she was already striding quickly toward me."What's wrong with you?" She demanded. "I want to know! Why are you so callous?" She snatched up the metal container from the floor in front of me and held it wrapped in her shawl. "Tell me now!" She screamed, right in front of me.I leaned forward and spoke, glaring into her eyes. "I came in here looking for my compassion. I lost it years ago, bit by bit. I lost it when I was eight, and other kids chased me around the playground for no visible reason-and they weren't playing. When I started junior high and got beat up in gym class because the rest of the school was white, like my grade school. When I ran for student congress and had my posters covered with swastikas and KKK symbols. And that was before I got out into the world on my own. You want to hear about my adult life?