Tinago Triptych

Whoa Nelly Press:
(Un)heard Voices

“I run out of the car, breaking across hot Virginia asphalt back into our house, my small eight-year-old feet barely touching the ground. I am flying because I believe now that a man can fly…”

Birdcage Man

Down in the Dirt

“My father was going on and on about some birdcage. His fingers waved about wildly like errant swallows…”

A Small Seed

The Jellyfish Review

“She noticed his laugh first. Full-throated, like a walrus. Like a roar…”

The Shed

Ghost Parachute 

“George hunches over his workbench piled high with rust-spotted tools. He takes a faded handkerchief from his pocket and rubs his heavy-lidded eyes, tries to wipe away the familiar images he has just seen on television: gunship helicopters, villages on fire, children hiding in rice fields…”

Dominic Lim is a 2020 Writers Grotto Fellow.

His story, “Theme and Variations” was a finalist in the 2018 Solstice Literary Magazine Fiction Contest (adjudicated by New York Times best-selling author, Ann Hood) and his work has appeared in Solstice, Ghost Parachute, Jellyfish Review, Down in the Dirt, Whoah Nelly Press–(Un)heard Voices, and Ursa Minor.

Dominic is a co-host of the long-running Babylon Salon reading and performance series in San Francisco and was on the faculty of Rooted & Written 2020, a free literary conference by and for writers of color. He is currently working on his first novel, Special Guest Appearance by (the Great) Emmett Aoki.

Dominic holds a Master of Music from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he trained as a countertenor in the Early Music Institute. He has had leading roles in various operas in New York and Indiana, and has performed with professional music ensembles in Berkeley, San Francisco, and Boston. He has been a cantor for numerous Catholic churches, as well as the section leader (bass, tenor, and alto) of various choirs in New York, Oakland, and San Francisco, including the San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir, for which he also served on the board of directors.

Dominic is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Favorite stage and TV credits include Miss Saigon, Mame, the Off-Broadway production of The Karaoke Show directed by Tony Award winner, Diane Paulus, and a role on All My Children.

As Sr. Intellectual Property Paralegal, Dominic manages the patents, trademarks, and domain names at Amyris, Inc., a biotech leader in the research, development, and production of pure, sustainable ingredients for the health, beauty, and flavors & fragrances markets.

He lives in Oakland with his loving and supportive partner, Peter, and their whiny cat, Phoebe.