Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology The first time I heard it was in college in Pune, late one evening, many years ago. The campus was overgrown and the road was lined with Ashoka…
‘Inocensia’ by Harriet Chan (The Philippines)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology The police investigator shuffled through the papers on his desk. Then he looked at her with kind, but searching eyes. She looked back with a steady gaze. Her…
‘Five Hundred Miles’ by Sabiha Armin (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Hopes and visions of the beloved country were flying high in the form of the national flag. In that breeze, an anthem blended, an anthem that had integrated…
‘Tangerine Sky’ by Samyak Ghosh (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology With the thunderstorm ceasing and sudden departure of the inclement weather, Rana decided on opening the drawing room window. He loved the cool breeze wafting through the crevices…
‘Voices and Hearts’ by Timothy Nakayama (Malaysia)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology I was told that I would be getting my own room; it would be a more conducive environment for you, they said. They might have been overly generous…
‘Mr. Cheng’s Silver Coffeepot’ by Trirat Petchsingh (Thailand)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Mr. Cheng was having a leisurely breakfast, as he did every morning of the week. He had finished his eggs and bacon and was now sipping hot, black…
‘Annapurna Devi’ by Abha Iyengar (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Annapurna Devi. Goddess of Plenty. My parents had been ecstatic with the name chosen by the pundit for me. I would want for nothing. The pundit was my…
‘Free Korean Dinner’ by A.D. Thompson (USA)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology She put down her Bible and picked up her Depression Clinic Handbook: “Everybody needs to feel that they have a sense of purpose. To this end it is…
‘Love and a Wedding’ by Vipul Rikhi (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology I met the girl I fell in love with at the wedding of my closest friend. I met her at the moment that she was getting married to…
‘Beyond the Flickers’ by Gil Marvel P. Tabucanon (The Philippines)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology As the plane prepared for the final descent, I could see Hong Kong’s blaze of lights. For a while it seemed the universe had inverted itself and heaped…
‘Brink of a Beginning’ by Ankita Banerjee (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Two things happened in quick succession after her mother’s death: her father retired from the pharmaceutical company where he had worked for more than thirty years and Niti…