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Short stories, South Asia

‘Good Luck Charm’ by Vibha Batra (India)

by New Asian Writing • 05/03/2011 • 2 Comments

Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Like most girls, Shreya was crazy about shopping. Much as she loved stacking the shelves of her wardrobe with new buys, she was extremely attached to one particular…

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Preview of the ‘2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology’ (1st edition)

by New Asian Writing • 22/12/2010 • 0 Comments

The Rage of a New Ancestor. 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology by Declan O’Sullivan (ed.) is made up of 14 short stories set up in 10 different Asian countries. Below you can find a book preview: You can…

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Covers of the ‘2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology’ (1st edition)

by New Asian Writing • 21/12/2010 • 0 Comments

The first volume published by New Asian Writing is The Rage of a New Ancestor. 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology, edited by Declan O’Sullivan and illustrated by Katherine Jones. Declan O’Sullivan is a 43 year old Bangkok-based Irish…

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Short stories, South Asia

‘Happis Grills’ by Joie Bose Chatterjee (India)

by New Asian Writing • 13/12/2010 • 7 Comments

Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology “You know, Garrison sahib came every Friday at five o’clock to have two special fish fries and one cup of special tea to Happis Grills. Mary memsahib came…

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East Asia, Short stories

‘Going Home’ by Mithran Somasundrum (England)

by New Asian Writing • 03/12/2010 • 2 Comments

Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology At the time, the sign on the noticeboard seemed too good to be true: “Going home after twelve years in Japan.  Everything free, you move.  First come/First served.” …

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Short stories, Southeast Asia

‘Ghosts in the Classroom’ by Paul King (USA)

by New Asian Writing • 04/11/2010 • 6 Comments

Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology It was a normal day like any other in southern Thailand — hot. Wooden fans creaked sleepily above my head and those of my forty-seven twelve year-old students.…

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Short stories, Southeast Asia

‘Island. House.’ by Phil Dodd (England)

by New Asian Writing • 23/09/2010 • 2 Comments

Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology 1 Rain came that evening and instead of a sunset there was a slow greying of the air and decrease in contrast until everything beyond the lake vanished…

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East Asia, Short stories

‘Viper’ by Giacomo Lee (England)

by New Asian Writing • 21/09/2010 • 7 Comments

Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology My name, ‘brigandish — enemy of the state —- stooge.’ At my age, I wish I was able to be so revolutionary. It’s a young man’s game, and I see…

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Short stories, South Asia

‘I Woke Up Last Night and I Cried’ by Sushma Joshi (Nepal)

by New Asian Writing • 07/09/2010 • 4 Comments

Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology I woke up last night and I cried. This is all too much, I thought. I can’t handle it. My husband’s been gone for six years and he…

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Short stories, Southeast Asia

‘Mangoes’ by Trirat Petchsingh (Thailand)

by New Asian Writing • 26/08/2010 • 3 Comments

Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Soon after my discharge from the army, I’d gotten a job driving a pickup truck delivering supplies to a general store in a remote valley about four hundred…

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Short stories, Southeast Asia

‘True Friendship’ by J.C. Martin (Malaysia)

by New Asian Writing • 03/08/2010 • 7 Comments

Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology “The sea is never always calm, The sky, sometimes, not blue, But nothing on Earth can ever change The friendship we hold true!” I remember fighting back tears…

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