This essay is a study of the KLN Vol. 59 Featured Writer Kim Yeonsu. Discussing Kim’s short story collection A Future as Ordinary as This, Critic Cho Yeonjung explores each short story within the theme of remembering connections with others in life. Through Kim’s works, this essay highlights the power of storytelling, which allows people to take solace from their own suffering by “[referring] to the lives of others,” urging the readers to pay attention to the message of hope conveyed in the author’s writing.