What is it like to be exiled from a colony, tribe, group and to be chained to a false name? Read the new story by Krystalle Teh.
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The miracle of watermelons: what is it? A new story by Vũ Trọng Hiếu.
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Why does he carry a violin with him everywhere but is so reluctant to play it? An atmospheric new story by Niranjan Kumar Rai.
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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.
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What does one do with one’s loneliness? Ratu Yousei finds an answer in this tender story.
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He is so sure, and she is full of doubts, in this new story, “Chiak Kantang,” by Emilia Ong.
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In this story by Casper Ho, a young boy is excited to fill in his new journal, but with what?
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In London, a broken Lim Chin Siong, with the help of his therapist Eileen Tay, tries to step away from the precipice. Philip Holden’s story probes deeply and gently into what it means to “accompany others, and not to oversee them.”
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The representative of law and order comes to life in Salil Tripathi’s story. “Was Chin Siong trying to create solidarity between the people and the police to rise up against the government?” Senior Inspector Tan Kim Wah has to decide what to write in his report to his superiors.
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A. K. Kulshreshth homes in on the wheeling and dealing to stay on the right side of history in his sharp depiction of an unlikeable protagonist. The man is fictional, but how can one tell amidst the “lies, half-lies, truths, and half-truths”?
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In this moving story, Faith Ho imagines the tumultuous events of the 50s from the perspective of Wong Chui Wan. Much more than Lim Chin Siong’s wife, Wong was an activist and a trade unionist at a time when “they [were] writing themselves into being.”
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What are these ghost orchids in Ismim Putera’s new story “Bunga”? Are they even orchids or not?
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In this new story by Devanshi Khetarpal, an unsettling neighbor gets under the skin.
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Do objects give off an aura? What about texts about objects? This playful new story by Glenn Diaz, featuring a weary encyclopedist, questions the credentials of literature.
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What else can a miscarriage bring but pain to a woman in a traditional marriage in Bangladesh? Find out in this new story by Sohana Manzoor.
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What does letting go mean in the future? Shalini Ajay Singh attempts an answer in this new work of speculative fiction.
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What is this story “Doctor Pollux Lacoste,” by Atty Nicias J Alameda? Is it a parable, a satire, or a prophecy?
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In this new story by A.J. Payler, Jamie Okuda finds himself at an unusual job interview.
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“Without understanding her, you will glance briefly over her CV, over her proposal, over her application letter and reject her.” A new story by Niaz Zaman.
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In the new story "Snow Phoenix," by Ted Serafin, a transplant from Harbin, China, to Singapore finds novel ways to adapt to the tropics.
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