Cyril Wong

A Novel

The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza

12 Stories

Here and Beyond

Alicia Tuckerman

Jay Anderson

David Whish-Wilson

Rashida Murphy

Sabrina Dudgeon-Swift

Arin Alycia Fong

Jinny Koh

Marylyn Tan

Laurie Steed

Aishah Alhadad

Chen Cuifen

Diana Rahim

Heather Teo

Leslie Thiele

Rachelle Rechichi

Rajkumar Thiagaras

Choo Ruizhi

Tinashe Jakwa

Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes

Endangered tigers connecting telepathically through time-travel; a guard’s ethical dilemma at a history museum; a slaughterhouse worker’s memories of his dead wife; a monochrome town upended by a wild watermelon…

In This Desert, There Were Seeds is an intimate collection of past and future dreams, featuring exciting new and established literary voices from Western Australia and Singapore. From our shifting sense of community and identity, to our frustrations with existing political, social and economic structures—this anthology transcends boundaries and captures the persistence of ordinary lives in deserts literal and metaphorical.

In This Desert, There Were Seeds

The Lover's Inventory

After You

a poem

Satori blues

Ten things my father never taught me and other stories

Md Mukul Hossine

Me Migrant

Animal Season

Kwang Cheng Ng

Oneiros

Like a seed with its singular purpose

Tilting Our Plates to Catch the Light

Bayan de Souzanin Son Dersi

Be warned. Mothers should not read these stories to their children, even though they might contain a lonely elf, a talking moon, a butterfly that wants to be a rabbit, or a boy who was born with a flower as an unfortunate appendage. Hovering within the realm of fables, myths and fairy tales, here are unlikely bedtime stories that are best read on a dark, stormy night, and at the risk of wounding the soul. The haunting first collection of fiction from award-winning poet Cyril Wong. Beautifully illustrated by Sydney based artist Jason Wing.

Strange Tales

Let Me Tell You Something about That Night

Absence : Poems

Below

Poems

The End of His Orbit

Unmarked Treasure

Like a Seed with Its Singular Purpose

A comedian, a nun, a reality TV star and countless others meet in a Garden. This is not the start of a joke, but the beginnings of a parable. These denizens may be running out of time, even as it seems there is all the time in their Kafkaesque world. Reader Reviews: “With deceptive simplicity, the mutable voices combine in a tale both irresistible and haunting. Reading this story feels like witnessing a communion, or perhaps vivisection, of familiar states of being. Evocative and unforgettable.” —Shubigi Rao, author of Pulp “Wong pulls the rug from under us but leaves us still standing, albeit transported via his magic carpet ride to a new vantage point and offered a different perspective.” –KK Seet, author of Death Rites

This Side of Heaven

This volume of poems by Cyril Wong, one of the leading figures of poetry in Singapore, reflects the many ways in which love between two men can unfold, balancing emotional outpourings with meditations on the nature of relationships. The poetry punctures the sometimes oppressive reality of life in a city that is hypermodern yet far from free and, through twists and turns, ultimately lifts the reader to a place beyond pleasure and pain. Sensual, anecdotal and, of course, confessional, Infinity Diary charts an evolution in the work of one of Asia's most intimate English-language poets.

Infinity Diary

Cyril Wong

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