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Agency Rules, Never An Easy Day at the office (Book Excerpt) by Khalid Muhammad

by New Asian Writing • 26/04/2015 • 0 Comments
Agency Rules

By day, Khalid Muhammad is a mild-mannered business executive keeping busy running a marketing and brand management company. By night, his alter ego emerges; one that has a penchant for sadistic retribution towards those who wrong others, and that spends…

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‘THE SANCTUM BOOK ONE: THE GIRL’ (Book Excerpt) by Madhuri Blaylock

by New Asian Writing • 24/04/2015 • 0 Comments
Sanctum The Girl

Madhuri Blaylock is an Indian girl everyone thinks is Black, or Spanish, or Black and Spanish. She’s from down South, has lived in the New York City area for more than twenty years, and is proof that your can take…

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‘The Rajah’s Wife’ William Tham Wai Liang

by New Asian Writing • 18/04/2015 • 0 Comments
William Tham

Short Story ID- 1/2015 My dear Isaka, How many mothers have been forced to leave their children, only to communicate with them through letters? I am penning these words inKuching, bythe muara of the Sarawak River. I was told, and…

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‘Lingering Echoes’ (Book Excerpt) by Erica Kiefer

by New Asian Writing • 07/03/2015 • 0 Comments

Erica Kiefer grew up living abroad in Asia, including Taiwan, Fiji, Thailand and Indonesia. She gained a great respect for the beautiful mosaic of cultures found in various parts of the world. After graduating from International School Bangkok, she attended…

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‘Wearing the night on my sleeve’ by Daya Bhat

by New Asian Writing • 08/02/2015 • 1 Comment

It’s early November; winter has just set in. The temperature hasn’t dipped much yet and the night is perfectly balmy. It’s a quarter past eleven. A time when thoughts, tangled in the din of pots and pans, and mundane chores…

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‘The Tantalus Redemption’ (Book Excerpt) by Yudhi Raman

by New Asian Writing • 25/01/2015 • 0 Comments

Yudhi Raman is the pen-name of an author who is a managing director of a leading international bank in London. He was educated in India, Singapore and the UK and has also worked in New York and Mumbai. While in…

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Short stories, South Asia

‘Rajamma’s Box’ by Meghna Sukumar

by New Asian Writing • 31/12/2014 • 0 Comments
Meghna Sukumar

Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Rajamma The young doctors took off their coats and left their consultation rooms. After five hours of duty, it was finally lunch time. As they slowly ambled out…

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‘The House on Leonard Street’ by Prashila Naik

by New Asian Writing • 28/12/2014 • 0 Comments
Prashila Naik

Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology             Jenna’s hair is fascinating to him, its golden curliness captivating in a way the poker straight and black kind that he has…

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‘Water on a Hot Plate’ by Murli Melwani

by New Asian Writing • 28/12/2014 • 0 Comments
Murli Melwani

Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology One of the first persons I phoned when I came to spend the summer with my son, Anand, in Toronto was Vivek. Vivek was in the wholesale trade…

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‘Sita’s Sister’ (Book Excerpt) by Kavita Kane

by New Asian Writing • 26/12/2014 • 0 Comments
Sita's Sister_Spread

Kavita Kane, a senior journalist with a career of over two decades, which includes working for Magna publication and DNA, she quit her job as Assistant Editor of Times of India to devote herself as a full time author. A…

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‘State of Honour’ (Book Excerpt) by Gary Haynes

by New Asian Writing • 04/12/2014 • 0 Comments
State of Honour_Book cover

Gary studied law at Warwick University and completed his postgraduate training at the College of Law. As a lawyer, he specializes in commercial dispute resolution. Gary writes cinematic-style, fast-paced, action-packed political/military/spy thrillers. His debut work, State of Honour, Tom Dupree…

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