Before was a time when they fell to Earth, observed by two humans.Climate change has brought Earth to her knees. No water. Barely any food. The inhabitants of an unmade city leave to find sustenance. Stumbles upon an oasis. A fight to death for the vegetation. One survivor. Get beamed up to a alien craft. What happens next…

‘Wingnettes’ is a derivation of ‘vignettes’. Vignettes itself are not long or full narrative pieces. They can be short fiction of descriptive sketches or moments, depicting a certain feeling, character or setting, a literary sketch or a scene. The author calls his vignettes ‘wingnettes’ for the wings on the author shown on the book cover.

This is the sequel to ‘555 Notes’.A recap of what a 555 notebook is (excerpt from the first volume):‘555’ is a tiny notebook used by grocery shops in the 60s and 70s in Malaysia. '555' refers in this context to short stories as writing exercises for members of a Malaysian senior writing group named MySeniors Mature Writing Group. They compose 100-odd words of prose or poetry every week or so.If you are wondering about the number ‘555’ in the book title ‘555 Psyche-D...

The ‘555’ notebook was an item used by grocery shops, or what the locals, in the 60s and 70s in Malaysia, called ‘provision shops’. In the local patois, this 555 notebook was called ‘buku hutang’. It was a kind of ‘debt book’. This was before the advent of the ubiquitous credit card of today. It measured 3 by 4 inch, just a little bigger than today’s credit card. Somewhat working like a credit card, locals who didn’t want to immediately pay for groceries were offered the use of the 555 not...

A sequel to 'Becoming Ah Lan Toh', this new novel continues the ongoing story of Ah Lan. She has now completely transitioned into a full blown man. He is more than merely unusual in his gender transformation. He has managed to outlive all the characters in the last book—by more than a hundred years.He is a very very old gentleman these days. Having lived for over a hundred years, he has come to accept his longevity. But lately he has noticed once again the beginnings to another set...

Tuala looks like you and me—human, that is—but something is not right. Trapped on earth, an offspring of a union of human and fae, Tuala has gossamer wings on her back masquerading as tattoos. When she gets hangry, she turns into something other than her sweet seductive svelte self. She needs to be sated so she can earn her earthly upkeep as a sex worker in sweltering Kuala Lumpur. She must imbibe humans—whole, body and soul, all the blood and juices. Vampiric, when she feels like it, she ...

A short fiction about misguided love, desires, urges, mistaken signs and signals. Tech programmer Sefen works in the same project, in the same company, as Mason. Mason gives him the attention he seeks. Mason surprises him when he invites Sefen to his hometown. Is Sefen reading his signals correctly?

An illustrated edition of a collection of 140-character micro short stories, with themes ranging from love, blood, bodies, emotions, supernatural to just weird.

A collection of 140-character micro short stories, with themes ranging from love, blood, bodies, emotions, supernatural to just weird.

A collection of poems about pain, prayers, old age and seeing yourself in the mirror, accidental exposure during a Zoom, sinkholes, hearing George Harrison singing My Sweet Lord, not eating bread crust, the month of August, eating the wrong foods, fae wings, journaling, falling asteroid, DNS redirecting, lizard on the wall, Friday 13, killing insects, life and all its wonders and sometimes monotony, OCD, philosophy of Wu-Wei, Trump win in 2024, internet not able to detect if you're human, ...

The title of this collection hints at the way the poet registers the sounds in his poems as visuals. Readers will encounter poems about sex, love, lust, death, whores, evil, cakes, tablets, cats, public speaking, haikus, gym, the tsunami in Asia, ageing, tripping, clubbing, plus a few whimsical pieces--all colored by synaesthesia. The poet wrote most of them in free verse, but he didn't forget to put in a couple of rhymes in a few, to underpin the painted or drawn sounds.

Handyman, Ah Hung hasn't yet to bring home a girl. His mother decides to match make him to a woman with a goodly dowry. With no odd jobs and no money he is resigned to this solution. Having only done it one time long ago, can he get it up again for a woman? Or will he get sidetracked by a man with body piercings?