Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Laughter and bells of happiness constantly rang from House No. 22 on Flute Avenue, a house which had otherwise been empty for the past few months. The three…
Category: Southeast Asia
‘Death Wish’ by Maria Melissa Obedoza (The Philippines)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology When Emil Rodriguez woke up to find a beautiful woman sitting on the foot of his bed, his initial thought was that, for the first time in the…
‘Hantu: A Malaysian Ghost Story’ by J.C. Martin (Malaysia)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology The leech made a sickening squelch as the heel of the Timberland boot ground it into a pulp, smearing its pink contents across the rock face. “Goddamn bloodsucker,”…
‘Folk Remedies’ by Lay-Leng Ang (Singapore)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Heaven forbade that we ever fell sick. To endure Mother’s grumbles the whole day when we were stuck at home, made us more ill. Always, it was about…
‘Nevertheless’ by Imee Cuison (The Philippines)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Marcus and Sabine The room is silent. They sit opposite each other now. Sabine in the soft burgundy chair. Legs crossed. Arms folded. Across the coffee table, Marcus…
‘Ghosts in the Classroom’ by Paul King (USA)
Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology It was a normal day like any other in southern Thailand — hot. Wooden fans creaked sleepily above my head and those of my forty-seven twelve year-old students.…
‘Island. House.’ by Phil Dodd (England)
Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology 1 Rain came that evening and instead of a sunset there was a slow greying of the air and decrease in contrast until everything beyond the lake vanished…
‘Mangoes’ by Trirat Petchsingh (Thailand)
Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Soon after my discharge from the army, I’d gotten a job driving a pickup truck delivering supplies to a general store in a remote valley about four hundred…
‘True Friendship’ by J.C. Martin (Malaysia)
Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology “The sea is never always calm, The sky, sometimes, not blue, But nothing on Earth can ever change The friendship we hold true!” I remember fighting back tears…
‘A Single Step’ by A.D. Thompson (USA)
Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology I know it is my midlife crisis, numerically – I’m 40, and in my bones; they ache. I am hauling a 30 pound rucksack over about eight mountain…
‘The Rage of a New Ancestor’ by Pranav S. Joshi (Singapore)
Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology In 1965, India had more banyan trees than toilets across the entire country. Under one huge banyan tree, fifty-one tribesmen, naked down to their loincloths, squatted on the…
‘Eternal Smile’ by Caecilia Xie (Indonesia)
Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology It was raining that night. A screaming ambulance came to an immediate stop with a screech. The door opened and two paramedics got out. Their white canvas shoes…