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Opinion: Remove the Residency Requirement for Overseas Voting

As Singapore headed to the polls on May 3, nearly a quarter million of its citizens were unable to vote, shut out by an outdated rule: the residency requirement for overseas voting.

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SUSPECT

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Dinner Preparation
Dinner Preparation

In these new poems by Ranudi Gunawardena, who’s really doing the eating – and who lives?

In Scatterings, a Cold Beauty
In Scatterings, a Cold Beauty

“[One] can almost taste the iron of blood in their throat.” Hannah Chia reviews the poetry collection Cold Thief Place by Esther Lin.

The Jute Weaver
The Jute Weaver

“He had, after all, come to this island on a whim. To cut wood down, resurrect it in something lifeless.”

On Demand
On Demand

‘Calling upon an instant noodle version of the Muse to dream up and deliver lines on the spot.’—an essay by Marc Nair.

Relearning Fire
Relearning Fire

‘This is a prayer in the direction of after.’—an essay by Raka Banerjee.

A Tale of Two Lives
A Tale of Two Lives

In this review, Ally Chua describes how grief and elements of the fantastical fuel Lydia Kwa’s 2024 poetry collection from time to new.

#YISHREADS September 2025
#YISHREADS September 2025

This month, Ng Yi-Sheng takes us on a tour of SFF writing from Brunei to Singapore.

Guitar Beneath the Stairs
Guitar Beneath the Stairs

Two sisters, two lives, and a guitar. A short story by Shikhandin.

Review of the Enigmatic Madam Ingram and Sister Snake
Review of the Enigmatic Madam Ingram and Sister Snake

Olivia Ho reviews The Enigmatic Madam Ingram by Meihan Boey (Singapore: Epigram, 2023) and Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe (New York: Ecco Books, 2024).

The Félix to His Felix, the Steven to his Telfar
The Félix to His Felix, the Steven to his Telfar

Ashley Marilynne Wong reviews “Dancing on My Own: Essays on Art, Collectivity and Joy,” by Simon Wu (New York: Harper, 2024).

The Liminal Spaces of Loss: An Interview with Eunice Hong
The Liminal Spaces of Loss: An Interview with Eunice Hong

‘You can’t bring people back from the dead’—Genevieve Hartman reviews author Eunice Hong.

Introspective Incineration
Introspective Incineration

Ashley Marilynne Wong reviews Jemimah Wei’s The Original Daughter

#YISHREADS August 2025
#YISHREADS August 2025

This National Day month, Ng Yi-Sheng considers works from Malaysian writers in Singapore.

Drought’s Vengeance
Drought’s Vengeance

‘I had defeated the gods of wind and rain, but that was more than a millennium ago, before this man’s people even started to decimate this land.’ – a short story by Wen Wen Yang.

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Gaudy Boy

Gaudy Boy
The Unrepentant
The Unrepentant

by Sharmini Aphrodite
ISBN: 978-1-958652-20-6
eISBN: 978-1-958652-21-3
$19 / Paperback / 5.5" x 8.5" / 196 pages
November 2025
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Singapore: Word Image
Distributed by Asteirsm & Ingram

Fablemaker
Fablemaker

by Mandy Moe Pwint Tu
978-1-958652-18-3
$16.00 / Paperback / 6” x 9” / 122 pages
Gaudy Boy, September 2025
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Eke: Poems
Eke: Poems

by Wahidah Tambee
ISBN: 978-1-958652-17-6
$16.00 / Paperback / 6” x 9” / 106 pages
Gaudy Boy, July 2025
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Singapore: Word Image
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Memorial Club
Memorial Club

by Mozid Mahmud
ISBN: 978-1-958652-16-9
eISBN: 978-1-958652-15-2
$19.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5” / 138 pages
Gaudy Boy, January 2025
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Singapore: Word Image
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The Way You Want to Be Loved
The Way You Want to Be Loved

by Aruni Kashyap
ISBN: 978-1-958652-08-4
eISBN: 978-1-958652-09-1
$19.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5" / 256 pages
Gaudy Boy, October 2024
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Singapore: Word Image
Distributed by Asterism & Ingram

Interrogation Records
Interrogation Records

by Jeddie Sophronius
ISBN: 978-1-958652-07-7
$16.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5" / 120 pages
Gaudy Boy, April 2024
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Singapore: Word Image
Distributed by Ingram

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Lovelier, Lonelier

by Daryl Qilin Yam
ISBN: 978-1-958652-04-6
eISBN: 978-1-958652-05-3
$24.00 / Paperback / 6” x 9" / 424 pages
Gaudy Boy, February 2024
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Distributed by Ingram

Bengal Hound
Bengal Hound

by Rahad Abir
9781958652022
$19.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5" / 228 pages
Gaudy Boy, October 1, 2023
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Singapore: Word Image
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Waking Up to the Pattern Left by a Snail Overnight
Waking Up to the Pattern Left by a Snail Overnight

by Jim Pascual Agustin
978-1-958652-00-8
$16.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5" / 94 pages
Gaudy Boy, April 1, 2023
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SUSPECT: VOLUME 1, YEAR 1
SUSPECT: VOLUME 1, YEAR 1

978-1-958652-01-5
$16.00 / Paperback / 8.5" x 11" / 164 pages
February 22, 2022
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Submissions

Opportunities
2nd SUSPECT Flash Fiction Contest
2nd SUSPECT Flash Fiction Contest

Deadline:  September 30th, 2025
Awards: USD300, 200, and 100
No entry fee

In conjunction with Gaudy Boy’s November 2025 publication of Sharmini Aphrodite’s THE UNREPENTANT, SUSPECT is holding its 2nd flash fiction contest with a call for submissions inspired by the title of this bold story collection. We are looking for flash fiction of 100-150 words on the theme of unrepentance interpreted in any imaginative way.

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—Harold Augenbraum, honorary advisor and Former Executive Director, National Book Foundation