A young boy befriends a girl from a haunted house known as ‘Adorable’. A roast pig at a Taoist funeral becomes a symbol of rebellion. A man adopts a Thai doll, hoping it would change his luck.Meanwhile, a family of monsters live on Mount Pleasure, disguising themselves with anagrams, and a black metal scandal ruins a teenage couple’s after-school hangout at Gurney Plaza.Set in Penang, Malaysia, these short stories describe how the island makes its people do crazy things. It...

Southeast Asian Fantasy Drabbles is the second volume in the Insignia Drabbles series.This anthology includes 83 drabbles (100-word stories) inspired by various Southeast Asian folklore, as well as original fantasy and science fiction pieces.All Contributors:Alanna Robertson-Webb, Benjamin Y. Tan, Ben Umayam, Carmen Indalecio, Celestine Trinidad, Chris Bannor, C. Marry Hultman, Chris Hewitt,Chris Jackson, Connor Orrico, Dav...

The first release in the Insignia Drabbles Series, this anthology features 79 drabbles (100-word stories) inspired by Japanese folklore and yokai tales, as well as original fantasy and science fiction pieces.CONTRIBUTORS:Amy Clare Fontaine – A.S. Charly – Bayveen O'Connell – Beth W. PattersonCarmen Indalecio – Charles Reis – Charles Venable – Christine Richmond – D.J. TyrerEisuke Aikawa – Emma K. Leadley – Heather Ewings – Jacek Wilkos...

Mythical Creatures of Asia is the third volume in the Insignia Drabbles series.This anthology includes 94 drabbles (100-word stories) inspired by Asian folklore all across the region.All Contributors:Alanna Robertson-Webb | Amrita Valan | Ben Umayam | Carmen IndalecioChris Bannor | Dawn DeBraal | DJ Elton | Fusako OhkiGabriella Balcom | Hanna A. Nirav | Hien Fox | Jacek WilkosJames Yu | Jo Wu | Joachim Heijndermans |...

Mythical Beings of Asia is the fourth volume in the Insignia Drabbles series.This anthology includes 60 drabbles (100-word stories) and 2 bonus flash stories inspired by Asian folklore.Contributors (drabbles):Amrita Valan, Celestine Trinidad, Dawn DeBraal, DJ Elton, Fariel Shafee, Fusako Ohki, Gabriella Balcom, James Yu, Joachim Heijndermans, Jo Wu, John H. Dromey, Kevin Hopson, Laurence Sullivan, Madhu Gangopadhyay, Malena Salazar Maciá, M...

A witty, moving story of adolescent love and loss from the acclaimed, prize-winning author of Breasts and Eggs A young boy returns obsessively to a supermarket sandwich counter, entranced by the beauty of the woman who works there. Her aloof demeanour and electric blue eyelids make him feel the most intense joy he's ever known. He calls her Ms Ice Sandwich, and he wants nothing more than to spend his days watching her coolly slip sandwiches into bags. But life keeps getting in the way - th...

A 20-something in Mumbai must make the choice of a lifetime—her career in New York City or an arranged marriage in India—in this heartwarming and funny contemporary romance.“A boisterous family drama . . . takes satirical aim at marriage-obsessed cultural norms.” —Shelf AwarenessZoya Sahni has a great education, a fulfilling job and a loving family (for the most part). But she is not the perfect Indian girl. She’s overweight, spunk...

Since publishing A Woman’s World in 1995, Travelers’ Tales has been the recognized leader in women’s travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best women’s travel writing of the year. This title is the seventh in an annual series-The Best Women’s Travel Writing-that presents inspiring and uplifting adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to dis...

In recent years, Singaporean literature has begun experiencing a sea change, with the short story form enjoying a renaissance. As a result, an explosion of short fiction with a Singaporean flavour has been produced to incredible effect, both by emerging and established writers. For the prose enthusiast, it is a very exciting time. The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One curates the finest short fiction from Singaporean writers published in 20...

'Last week, I was sitting in seven layers (two of them thermal) next to a fire, with a blanket wrapped around me. Now, I am sleeping in kickers and a vest under a fan. Let the mosquitos bite me. They can have me ... Can we live here? ... If I don't become roadkill in the next few days, I'll let you know my thoughts.'In 2009, Sarah and John Alderson quit their full-time jobs in London and headed off, with Alula, their three-year-old daughter, on a global adventure t...

Number Two: When You Wish Upon a Star is a fictional short story by Colin Cotterill. It is the second in a series of eBook short stories based on his fictional Thai woman journalist and crime solver, Jimm Juree. Jimm Juree has already featured in a number of New York published novels.In this story a car drives into a river and a woman is dead. A terrible accident and a broken hearted husband. Or it would be if Jimm's sixth sense hadn't cut in.

The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Five gathers the finest Singaporean stories published in 2019 and 2020, selected by guest editor Balli Kaur Jaswal from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections.