New Asian Writing

Online Asian Literary Community

Search our stories

Main menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Short stories
    • South Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • East Asia
    • Middle East
  • NAW Poetry
  • Authors Speak
  • Book Reviews
  • Short Story Competition 2022
Short stories, South Asia

‘A Home – Away from Home’ by Uma Balu (India)

by New Asian Writing • 26/04/2010 • 2 Comments

Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology It was a cool, pleasant evening. Birds were chirping happily and tiny squirrels were playing around. Lolita enjoyed listening to those delightful sounds of nature as she watered…

Read more →

Short stories, Southeast Asia

‘The Rage of a New Ancestor’ by Pranav S. Joshi (Singapore)

by New Asian Writing • 21/04/2010 • 1 Comment

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…

Read more →

Short stories, Southeast Asia

‘Eternal Smile’ by Caecilia Xie (Indonesia)

by New Asian Writing • 20/04/2010 • 3 Comments

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…

Read more →

Page 104 of 104
« 1 … 102 103 104

E-mail subscription

Featured interviews

10/04/2026
NAW Interview with Alpa Arora
09/04/2026
NAW Interview with Salini Vineeth
24/02/2026
NAW Interview with Paul Waters

Recent Posts

Los Angeles 2006

Los Angeles 2006

Book Review: Eighteen Inches Apart by Sonia Bahl: A Heartfelt Exploration of Love, Loss, and Human Connection

Book Review: Eighteen Inches Apart by Sonia Bahl: A Heartfelt Exploration of Love, Loss, and Human Connection

Book Review: Folktales, Myths and Legends from the Deccan by Nitin Kushalappa

Book Review: Folktales, Myths and Legends from the Deccan by Nitin Kushalappa

My Tweets


Copyright

© All texts and photographs within this site are protected under International rights of reproduction law: © New Asian Writing. All rights reserved. Texts may be printed and images may be downloaded for the purpose of reading and viewing only. The texts and images may not be reproduced, distributed or republished electronically or in print without a written permission from the author.

Copyright © 2026 New Asian Writing. All Rights Reserved. The Magazine Basic Theme by bavotasan.com.