Monthly Archives: September 2012

In this post we shall take break from sunflower seeds and relax with an interlude and take a step back to look at the anatomy of short stories and the biography of a legend in this craft. Short stories are … Continue reading →

Title: Soaked in Salt Water ‘Soaked in salt water’ is a popular Cantonese saying for folks who obtained an overseas/abroad experience; usually in education. Those who return home after being ‘soaked in salt water’ glow with with a luminosity of … Continue reading →

Gertrude Being in a  bad mood, let me introduce Gertrude; excerpts of a diary of an old woman spanning a decade as Alzheimer’s disease steals her life away. Dark, gloomy, depressing and increasingly grey, Gertrude won me some prize years … Continue reading →

Title: Black Magpies This will possibly be one of the weirdest stories you’ll ever read. Set in West Malaysia in the 1970s, the reader goes through the protagonist’s twisted mind, inferiority complex along a mix-matched plot of classical poetry, supernatural … Continue reading →

Title: Broken Dawn Broken Dawn is actually an excerpt of a novella I’ve been meaning to publish. This is a story of British India in the early 20th century; a rather winding tale of political intrigue, impossible romance and human … Continue reading →

Seats When I was a student in Canada, my seasonal bus pass was stolen and I could afford to replace it. As I walked under the sun, rain, sleet, hail as the gorgeous bus passed me by, this story was … Continue reading →

Midnight Chill This depicts the now demolished Pudu Prison; one of the most haunted places in Kuala Lumpur. I hope to capture some of its eerie emanations in Midnight Chill; which depicts the emotional ruminations of a priest as he … Continue reading →

The Cock Crows This is a sketch of a small Malaysian town in the 1980s. Folks who lived in that era would recognize the new phenomenon that are supermarkets, two-alphabet number plates that start with the letter ‘B’, remember the … Continue reading →

A collection of 14 short stories that span Centuries, Continents and Characters. You will be entertained, aghast, shocked, spooked or disgusted with 158 pages of material reminiscent of the author’s travels, experiences and imagination. Get it here