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. . .

coming soon...


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