The miracle of watermelons: what is it? A new story by Vũ Trọng Hiếu.

Yin F Lim reviews The Second Link: An Anthology of Malaysian & Singaporean Writing edited by Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Hamid Roslan, Melizarani T. Selva, William Tham.

In her review of Habitations by Sheila Sundar, Kristin T. Lee calls the fictional work “a subtle showstopper of a novel.”

What are the living connections between Indonesian and Chilean poetries? Damhuri Muhammad reviews the important binational anthology Para Lavida.

For the creepy month of October, Ng Yi-Sheng reviews hellish supernatural yarns from Singapore, Japan, Mexico, Canada and Croatia.

Robert Hirschfield pays an insightful and heartfelt tribute to a haiku master of South India.

Eunice Lim reviews Yellowface, a novel by R. F. Kuang.

In his essay about moving from Singapore to Germany, Thow Xin Wei reflects on what it means to learn a new language in order to fit in.

Hurt, like hammers, can be aimed at the wrong targets. How much can we trust the carpenter? Three new poems from Ally Chua.

Why does he carry a violin with him everywhere but is so reluctant to play it? An atmospheric new story by Niranjan Kumar Rai.

Apollos Michio reviews Missed Connections: Microfiction from Asia, edited by Felix Cheong and Noelle Q. de Jesus.

Brace yourself for a thrilling ride when Ng Yi-Sheng hops on the crime thriller train.

How different are we from the insects we admire and kill? Eric Abalajon translates three poems by the Filipino poet Jhio Jan Navarro.

In the new story “Moonlit Lake,” by Neo Xin Yuan, the ethnically Chinese narrator joins a special Singaporean school for the advanced study of Chinese language and culture and discovers a realm of differences.