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‘My Family And Other Hazards’ (Book Excerpt) by June Melby

by New Asian Writing • 15/08/2014 • 1 Comment

June Melby’s work has appeared in McSweeney’s, LA Weekly, and National Lampoon Magazine, among other places. In 2011 she was a Writing Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and in 2003 received the International Artist Award and…

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‘One Year for Mourning’ (Book Excerpt) by Ketaki Datta

by New Asian Writing • 12/08/2014 • 0 Comments

Dr. Ketaki Datta is an Associate Professor of English, Bidhannagar College, Kolkata. She is a novelist, short story writer, critic and a translator. Her debut novel “A Bird Alone” has won rave reviews in India and abroad. Her poems have been…

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‘Dear Infidel’ (Book Excerpt) by Tamim Sadikali

by New Asian Writing • 08/08/2014 • 0 Comments
Dear Infidel book cover

Tamim Sadikali was born in Sidcup, Kent. He read Mathematics at Warwick University before entering software, in which he now works, as a freelancer. Read his interview here. Below you can read an excerpt from his work Dear Infidel. Courtesy: Tamim…

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‘The Sound of Language’ (Book Excerpt) by Amulya Malladi

by New Asian Writing • 05/08/2014 • 0 Comments
Amulya Malladi

Amulya Malladi is the author of five bestselling novels published by The Random House Publishing Group. Born and raised in India, she has a bachelor’s degree in engineering, a master’s degree in journalism. She currently lives in Denmark. Below you…

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‘Returning the Bird’ by Kerri Harris

by New Asian Writing • 29/07/2014 • 0 Comments
Kerri Harris

Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology I creep out of the quiet darkness of our house, where the smell of last night’s lamb chops lingers to a pre-dawn feeding and drinking frenzy that I…

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‘Silence’ by Gonzalinho da Costa

by New Asian Writing • 20/07/2014 • 0 Comments

Silence by Gonzalinho da Costa   I am quieted when you are near   and I hear you speak in the mouth of the wind blowing soft incessant rain   scorpion hiddenly escaping in the grass sprung branch suddenly letting go…

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‘RUN TO YOU: FIRST SIGHT’ (Book Excerpt) by Clara Kensie

by New Asian Writing • 19/07/2014 • 0 Comments
Clara Kensie RUN TO YOU 1 - 6 Covers

Clara Kensie is the author of dark fiction for young adults. Her super-romantic psychic thriller RUN TO YOU is the first serialized series from Harlequin Teen. This two-book series is serialized into six parts. Read her interview here. Below you can read…

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Short stories, South Asia

‘Once upon a Time in Munnar’ by VandanaKumari Jena

by New Asian Writing • 18/07/2014 • 0 Comments
Vandana Jena

Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology The mountain air is exhilarating. I climb up the hill covered with blue Neelakurinji flowers, running a little, skipping a little,free as a bird which sits on treetops…

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‘Little Boy Blu’ (Book Excerpt) by Cara Brookins

by New Asian Writing • 18/07/2014 • 0 Comments
LittleBoyBlue cover

Cara Brookins is the author of bestselling books Doris Free, a historical fiction set in Wisconsin during America’s great depression, a contemporary robot mystery Gadget Geeks, Treasure Quest, and TimeShifters trilogy for young adults. Below, you can read an excerpt from…

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‘Night Train from Tumpat’ by William Tham Wai Liang

by New Asian Writing • 17/07/2014 • 0 Comments
William Tham

Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology He first saw her walking through the gates of Tumpat station as his taxi slowed down at Jalan Stesen. She carried no luggage except for her knapsack, probably…

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‘What A Duke Dares’ (Book Excerpt) by Anna Campbell

by New Asian Writing • 17/07/2014 • 0 Comments
Duke cover

Anna Campbell lives in Australia. She has four times been voted Favorite Australian romance writer by the Australian Romance Readers Association (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) and her work is published in 16 languages. She has written eight multi award-winning historical romances…

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