Sharmini Aphrodite
Incoming Editor-in-Chief and Fiction Editor (SUSPECT)
Sharmini was born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, and raised between the cities of Johor Bahru and Singapore. Her short fiction and writings on art, literature, and history have appeared or are forthcoming online, in print, and as part of art exhibitions. She holds an M.A. in History from Nanyang Technological University and is currently pursuing a joint PhD at the National University of Singapore (Southeast Asian Studies) and King's College London (History).
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Jack Xi
Poetry Editor (SUSPECT)
Jack Xi (they/he) is a queer, disabled Singapore-based writer who enjoys relocating bugs so they don't get stepped on. They’ve appeared in several poetry journals and anthologies, both Singaporean and otherwise. Find out more at jackxisg.wordpress.com.
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Faith Ho
Fiction Editor (SUSPECT)
Faith Ho is a Singaporean and uni student in the US. Besides writing, she enjoys taking photos, making films, playing music, wandering aimlessly, and dreaming of hawker food.
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Nur'aishah Shafiq
Essay Editor (SUSPECT)
Aishah (she/her) is a Malaysian writer. She holds an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College, concentrating in speculative fiction. She enjoys writing across genres and delving into ideas of interspecies kinship, collaborative survival, and nonhuman subjectivities.
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Joy Amina Garnett
Art Director (SUSPECT)
Joy is an artist and writer in Los Angeles. Her stories and essays have appeared in ellipse, Nashville Review, Evergreen Review, Rusted Radishes, and Arab Urbanism Magazine. She has exhibited her paintings at the Whitney Museum, MoMA–PS1, FLAG Art Foundation, Milwaukee Art Museum, National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC), and the Witte Zaal (Ghent, Belgium).
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Candice Bressmer
Proofreader (SUSPECT)
Candice is Singaporean and lives in Zurich with her husband and three children. She loves reading and supporting writers on their manuscripts.
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Natalie Chew
Fiction Editorial Intern (SUSPECT)
Natalie is reading English and Philosophy at university. A keen storyteller, she enjoys delving into the human condition, exploring ‘eureka!’ moments in literary work and expressing the human experience in poetry and prose.
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