On the Back of a Motorbike: Stories and Poems from Southeast Asia
Synopsis
Southeast Asia represents many things to different people. From the offshore banking and tourist island paradises to the mountain towns of Borneo and fishing villages along the Mekong, it is difficult to summarize such a diverse region. Anyone who has spent at least 5 minutes in any of these countries, though, can vouch for the prominence of the motorbike.
This anthology presents 27 works of short fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry on the theme of the motorbike in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines. The contributing authors range from regional connoisseurs and expats to locals and those in the Diaspora, allowing for readers to approach Southeast Asia from different angles and tour as if on the back of a motorbike. Introduction - Kris Williamson After Class - Romalyn Ante Road Trip - Romalyn Ante This Is My Husband - Lindsay Boyd Wombs - D.R.L. Heywood-Lonsdale The Truth about Mo - Paul GnanaSelvam Agitation - Perry McDaid Just Run and Run - William Tham Wai Liang The Vendors - Khor Hui Min Down the Rabbit Hole: Snippets of a Saigon Sojourn - Don Adams Point of Departure - Thomas De Angelo Accident - Gillian Craig Casta Diva - Daniel Emlyn-Jones Rohan and Jui Liat - Ling Tan In Between - Pauline Fernandez Tropic of Ennui - Subashini Navaratnam Didith's Boyfriend - Raymund P. Reyes The Fish Ponds of Laos - Reed Venrick Me and Kap Chai - Chang Shih Yen Flexibility Enhances the Ride - David Andrew Davison Zigzagging through Paradise - David Andrew Davison You Meet the Nicest People on a Honda - John McMahon The Inner Spark - Barry Rosenberg The Great, All-Night Khaosan Road Bike Race - Charlie Baylis Old Soldier - Michael Lund Rice - Scott Reel The Path of the Ghosts - Tilon Sagulu Another Night - Paige Yeoh |
What People Are Saying. . .
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KL Noir: Yellow
Synopsis
**Popular-The Star Readers Choice Award: 2015 Nominee in Fiction Category**
KL Noir: Yellow fourth and final volume of the bestselling "KL Noir" series. And this one is sick and twisted. In these fifteen short stories and one essay, you get one last chance to slum through the underbelly of Kuala Lumpur. There are pedophiles and perverts, delinquents and the delusional. Every man, woman and child is a potential murderer. And then there are the french fries... INTRO - Kris Williamson TRAP - Choong Jay Vee NEVER FORGET A FACE - Chin Ai-May THE DISGRACED - Foo Sek Han FRENCH FRIES FOR AUNTY KAMALAM - Sharmila Ganesan THE KILL WISH - Catalina Rembuyan CONTRAIL - Leroy Luar DEATHWRITTEN - Abd Qayyum Jumadi ANAI - Wong Pek Mei THE RIDE - Paul GnanaSelvam AMBROSIA - Timothy Nakayama THE CASE OF BOTAK CHIN, THE ROBIN HOOD OF SENTUL - Martin Vengadesan THE LOST PILGRIM - Sukhbir Cheema HAPPY FAMILY - Claudia Skyler Foong BREAKING POINT - Zufar Ismail Zeid GIRL POWER - Subashini Navaratnam VICTIMS OF SOCIETY - Natasha Gideon |
What People Are Saying. . .
"This one is a strong collection with many new and authentic voices and unlike the previous tomes in the series is utterly devoid of typos or spelling mistakes - not a single one that I could spot, which is quite an accomplishment, so kudos to editor Kris Williamson on that. One of my favourite parts of the book was Kris's introduction, particularly the fact that he draws attention to the arbitrary manner in which the Sedition Act is being used to attempt to silence even the mildest expressions of dissent."
--Marc in GoodReads
"Like the editor said, it comes with fries. And you just cannot stop from munching the pages even after you are done."
--Danial in GoodReads
"[T]his is a very enjoyable collection, and the sheer inventiveness of the writers ensure that the tales never feel derivative or predictable.."
--Sharon Bakar in The Star
--Marc in GoodReads
"Like the editor said, it comes with fries. And you just cannot stop from munching the pages even after you are done."
--Danial in GoodReads
"[T]his is a very enjoyable collection, and the sheer inventiveness of the writers ensure that the tales never feel derivative or predictable.."
--Sharon Bakar in The Star