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Short stories, South Asia

‘The Memory Lane’ by Vijayender Cherupally (India)

by New Asian Writing • 21/05/2012 • 4 Comments

The breeze turns more gentle. “How about going for a stroll?” I ask her. She smiles as she says, “You haven’t changed!” Change, I feel, is a complicated phenomenon, almost bordering on the incomprehensible for tardy minds like mine. So,…

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Short stories, South Asia

‘Turbulence and Contentment’ by T-net Quiring (The Philippines)

by New Asian Writing • 15/05/2012 • 1 Comment

Short story selected for the 2013 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Plane rides were a rare commodity for Consuelo. An old woman of sixties, she remembers her last being a domestic flight more than five years ago. The weather…

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East Asia, Short stories

‘Dragon Property’ by Michael Jerome (UK)

by New Asian Writing • 14/05/2012 • 1 Comment

I’m with Len, Lin’s uncle who specializes in village property. He’s lead us deep into Sha Tin along a narrow footpath to Ha Wo Che village, which lines the train tracks and takes you back in time to days of…

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Short stories, Southeast Asia

‘Meat Market’ by Josephine Crimp (UK)

by New Asian Writing • 12/05/2012 • 1 Comment

Blue eyes I’m walking along the chaotic road after my visit to a temple, feeling as if I’ve really played a part in Thai culture. So many Westerners in Bangkok, they only come here for – you know. You walk…

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Short stories, South Asia

‘The Curse’ by Anand Betanabhotla (India)

by New Asian Writing • 09/05/2012 • 1 Comment

The bus turned noisily round a bend in the road and rattled along a canal that fed the farms, the hamlet and the livestock. I felt myself odd among the village folk. The men smoked beedis and the women kept…

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The Cover of ‘Mr. Cheng’s Silver Coffeepot’

by New Asian Writing • 02/05/2012 • 0 Comments

The cover of Mr. Cheng’s Silver Coffeepot was created by Fena Lee, a Singaporean artist. The back cover illustration is the work of Alan Van Every, a Bangkok-based artist from New York.

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Contents of ‘Mr. Cheng’s Silver Coffeepot’ – A New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology

by New Asian Writing • 21/04/2012 • 0 Comments

Mr. Cheng’s Silver Coffeepot is New Asian Writing’s soon-to-be-publihsed anthology of short stories that comprises the fictional work of forty-five writers from around the world who set their stories in a distinctive Asian context. And here’s the lineup: Stories set…

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“The Rage of a New Ancestor” – 2nd edition

by New Asian Writing • 20/01/2012 • 2 Comments

The second edition of The Rage of a New Ancestor. 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology has a new cover design by Singaporean artist Fena Lee and a few minor layout changes. Most of these short stories are littered…

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Short stories, Southeast Asia

‘Within the Burmese Dream’ by Paul King (USA)

by New Asian Writing • 26/09/2011 • 3 Comments

Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology The train rolls out of Mandalay at four in the morning, lit only by the orange glow of cigarettes being smoked in the seats around us. It is…

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Short stories, Southeast Asia

‘The Small Moment’ by Alan Van Every (USA)

by New Asian Writing • 29/08/2011 • 4 Comments

Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology He noticed he could look at people and form a story about each of them, without ever really having a clue what or who they were.  He started…

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Short stories, South Asia

‘One Night and a Morning in Maya’s Life’ by Norden Michael Lepcha (India)

by Norden Michael Lepcha • 18/08/2011 • 14 Comments

Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology She stirred and moaned, enjoying the sensation after the act of love. She had eloped with Benay three days ago but these days had just passed off in…

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