What is it like to fall in love with someone you shouldn’t? Find out in this debut publication by Emily Perera.
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“I’m going to rob the jewellery store with help from my motorbike, Cortázar. T minus 24 hours.” Read an excerpt from this futuristic crime thriller by Sabda Armandio, translated from the Indonesian by Lara Norgaard.
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How does a family cope, economically and socially, with the loss of employment? In this moving story by Norie Suzuki, a daughter looks back at a precarious time in her family’s past.
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What is the sea? Nicola Sebastian, a writer, surfer, and National Geographic Explorer, asks. The answers are both terrifying and consoling.
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On the Floating Home of the Lost, Mama wishes to speak to Singa and Merlion, with unexpected results. A new story by Kevin Martens Wong.
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In Ayesha Khan’s new story, “A Handful of Land,” a very strange child is born to a village.
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If we think about the light, what shapes will it assume? A new lyrical essay by Purbasha Roy.
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In this new story “IDOL,” by Lisabelle Tay, the eponymous protagonist weighs the costs of fame and dreams of something better.
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Where does a man go, in his mind and in his body, after the death of his father? In the story “A Death,” Ali Hatami traces with a keen sensitivity the thoughts and actions of such a man.
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Was she just a subservient woman although she tried so hard to be self-aware and smart? The unnamed protagonist in Suhasini Patni’s new story “is it a curse or is it the day” wondered.
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“When you dream, how do you know you’re in your own body?” the narrator of Monica Kim’s story “Dreamlapse” asks.
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In this story “What It Wants,” by Minxi Chua, Xinyi is overworked and completely stressed out, but that is not her biggest problem.
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In the story “A Fair Share,” Shahriar Shaams develops the prickly themes of parenthood and inheritance.
Read MoreIn this story “Mi Hermana, El Tierra” by Sigrid Marianne Gayangos, the beauty of Zamboanga, in southern Philippines, is intermingled with the memories of an unconventional sister.
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Is Israel/Palestine a part of Asia? We think so. Here’s a story, “Samira,” by Atar Hadari.
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In this story by Jiaqi Kang, Jiujiu has some unusual pockmarks on his arm.
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Who is the jinn in this allegorical yet terrifyingly realistic story by Rahad Abir?
Read MoreSebastian Taylor reviews A Mosque in the Jungle: Classic Ghost Stories by Othman Wok and edited by Ng Yi-Sheng (Singapore: Epigram Books, 2021)
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