Mr. Cheng’s Silver Coffeepot is New Asian Writing’s soon-to-be-publihsed anthology of short stories that comprises the fictional work of forty-five writers from around the world who set their stories in a distinctive Asian context. And here’s the lineup:
Stories set in Thailand
- ‘Mr. Cheng’s Silver Coffeepot’ by Trirat Petchsingh
- ‘Lifelines’ by Ray Malcom
- ‘Good Girl’ by Paul Salvette
- ‘Disruptive Feelings’ by Voicu Mihnea Simandan
- ‘Tsunami Religion’ by Anjali Prashar
- ‘The Small Moment’ by Alan Van Every
Stories set in Cambodia & Thailand
- ‘Nobody nobody (Weeraesque)’ by Giacomo Lee
Stories set in Myanmar (Burma)
- ‘Within the Burmese Dream’ by Paul King
- ‘Parallel Lines’ by San Lin Tun
Stories set in The Philippines
- ‘Death Wish’ by Maria Melissa Obedoza
- ‘Inocensia’ by Harriet Chan
- ‘Beyond the Flickers’ by Gil Marvel P. Tabucanon
- ‘Neverthelss’ by Imee Cuison
Stories set in Singapore
- ‘Folk Remedies’ by Lay-Leng Ang
- ‘Voices and Hearts’ by Timothy Nakayama
Stories set in Malaysia
- ‘The Mark’ by John Ling
- ‘The Streets of KL’ by Abirami Anne Durai
- ‘Hantu: A Malaysia Ghost Story’ by J.C. Martin
Stories set in Nepal
- ‘I Did Not Mean to Sell You’ by Sushma Joshi
Stories set in Pakistan
- ‘Mousetrap’by Muhammad Ashfaq
Stories set in Bangladesh
- ‘Ubiquitous Encounter’ by Mehreen Ahmed
Stories set in India & Iraq
- ‘Baghdad, My Beloved’ by Saahith Shetty
Stories set in Saudi Arabia & Lebanon
- ‘Nadia’ by Nick Sweet
Stories set in The United States of America
- ‘Free Korean Dinner’ by A.D. Thompson
Stories set in India
- ‘Sharma’ by Julie Bowen Kearney
- ‘The Cost to Understanding’ by Irfanullah Farooqi
- ‘The Departed’ by Vijayender Cherupally
- ‘The Date: 26th December 2004’ by Nishath Nizar
- ‘Tangerine Sky’ by Samyak Ghosh
- ‘Blood Ties’ by Vandana Kumari Jena
- ‘The Mystical Music’ by Sheila Samanta Mathai
- ‘One-Day Bride’ by Sunita Lama
- ‘Durga and the Holy Cow’ by Amita Murray
- ‘Honour’ by Ritika Pathak
- ‘Traffic Light’ by Puskar Pande
- ‘Good Luck Charm’ by Vibha Batra
- ‘Thirst’ by Hardik Sharma
- ‘Aqua Regia’ by Subhashree Kishore
- ‘The Time Has Come’ by Sangita P. Menon Malhan
- ‘Brink of a beginning’ by Ankita Banerjee
- ‘Love and a Wedding’ by Vipul Rikhi
- ‘Annapurna Devi’ by Abha Iyengar
- ‘Five Hundred Miles’ by Sabiha Armin
- ‘Of Heroes and Hopes’ by Naheed Muqeetulla
- ‘One Night and a Morning in Maya’s Life’ by Norden Michael Lepcha