H.V. Chao’s “The Scene†is among the twelve selections in The Red Line’s Best of 2013 anthology. In the preface editor Stephen Lynch says:
One of the things that always draws us to a story is a strong voice and tangible sense of place. Both of these were evident in two selections from the Excess issue: Rush by Bear Weiter and H. V. Chao’s The Scene. We loved the rich atmosphere in both stories and how a sense of desperation and hyper-activity threatens to overwhelm the central characters.