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 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, ...

A chapbook collection of poems about aging, vogueing, dressing up in a tutu; having wings; leather pants; dementia; UK's Labour win; significance of a cloth on the window ledge; loneliness; comparing a baby and an old man; the mishap of a French Olympic pole vaulter; doppelgänger; chips in a dog bowl; seeing a floating candle; baldness; grossness; and death.

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 ...

It is the swinging 60s in seedy Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, in recently renamed South East Asian country of Malaysia. Nightclub singer Ah Lan can make the whole room stand up, in more ways than one. Her musical coach Sammi is looking for love from a GI on R&R from the war in Vietnam. Elderly neighbours the Tans are trying to fix her up with Affendi, and he does not really bartend at a club. While Ah Lan puzzles over the subtle changes happening to her body, her dressmaker Mrs Chan invokes the ...

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 mini collection, beginning, naturally, with the first day of the new year, whichever it was; probably the pandemic year of 2020. It was exacerbated by a long bout of water cuts caused by a factory dumping toxic waste into the river. The rest of the collection : new year resolution, passing of a friend's husband, my escape from damage when I fell backwards down a flight of stairs, angelic presence; another death, this time my cat; lucid dreaming. Lastly, a few haikus.

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 ...

In this collection of strange Malaysian stories, a man expecting to have died wakes up still living and meets the entity responsible; a neighbor more than minds a child; Red Riding Hood gets a makeover to a Malaysian dystopia; the death of a husband spells more than loss; a father confronts foreign invaders; a Goldilocksian home invader must eat to survive; train passengers witness an accident; ghosts cross-dress, and others at a church get nostalgic.

In swinging 60s seedy Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, in recently renamed South East Asian country of Malaysia, cabaret singer Ah Lan is taught a unique method by voice coach Sammi to not only make men clap but to stand up in more ways than one.Sammi is looking for love, setting his sights on one particular GI in the audience, who is on R&R from the war in Vietnam. And so is Ah Lan. But her chances are slim—she stands a head taller than most Asian men.But as fate would have it, her...

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?

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?