Lindsay Wong is a Canadian writer, whose memoir The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family was published in 2018. The book won …
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An was staying in the home of a distant relation for the summer as his family’s lease on their apartment had expired and his mother had yet to receive the …
When my mother passed away and left her old house in my care, I was lost. My childhood home was to be swept of all possessions so that the place …
Traces from the Li Po poem, “Quiet Night Thoughts,” threaded through my memories and thus, my writing. In trying to recall the childhood poem, I researched Li Po and learned …
Before you read: I mean to strictly follow the prompt “The straight-A high school student falls in love with the troll in her locker.” It will happen. Please wait patiently. …
Author’s note: The dialogue in this story is written in colloquial Malaysian English (of the variety spoken in the Klang Valley). Malaysian English often eschews English grammar in favour of …
Trigger warning: Contains depiction or discussion of violence and death. It’s been a year since COVID-19 restrictions prevented Minhua Zhang from leaving the Lis’ house in North York. Tears welled …
Thirty years after the pandemic swept through the country swiftly and cruelly, forcing a state of emergency in the whole of Malaysia and the evacuation of the entire population, I …
The stone remained cold and silky gray in the boy’s palm. He was in the middle of a procedure that many in the village had seen performed and found nothing …
At the age of five, I was taught by my Great Auntie how to slaughter chicken. Earlier in the day, Great Auntie went to the open market and bought a …
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