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DIARY OF A BOMOH is live!
In a quiet neighbourhood in Singapore, a body is found inside a locked apartment. Tasked with identifying the deceased, Inspector Ibrahim has his work cut out for him. With no identity documents at the scene, and no neighbours who remember the resident, his only clue is a set of diaries written in English, Malay and…
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Diary of A Bomoh is available for preorder!
In a quiet neighbourhood in Singapore, a body is found inside a locked apartment. Tasked with identifying the deceased, Inspector Ibrahim has his work cut out for him. With no identity documents at the scene, and no neighbours who remember the resident, his only clue is a set of diaries written in English, Malay and…
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Diary of A Bomoh: The Locked Apartment Mystery
The clock is counting down to the release of my next book, Diary of A Bomoh. Diary of A Bomoh is a departure from my previous stories. The story is an epistolary novel, told entirely through emails and diary entries. It is the life story of a bomoh, a traditional Malay shaman. Except that this…
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The Definitive SingLit Genre
SingLit. Singapore Literature. Literature by and for Singaporeans. Every year, the publishing industry and the Establishment team up to push homegrown literature. Every so often, the media reports on SingLit specimens gone global. Most of these SingLit stories are mainstream fiction. The Lit in SingLit. Stories that touch on relationships, culture, drama, life in this…
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A Thousand Nos
“Do you want to take the vaccine?” “No.” “Are you scared of needles? It’s safe!” “No.” “Everyone is getting the injection. Why don’t you take it?” “No.” “You spread the virus to others then how? Take the vaccine!” “No.” “What are you trying to prove?! Take the vaccine!” “No.” “You don’t take the vaccine, you…
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Draw From A Deeper Well
“This is just like [Brand X]!” This is the most common sentence in modern fiction. It is also the most annoying sentence in modern fiction. Every time I encounter it in a story, I always roll my eyes, shake my head, and ignore the sentence. And usually the following paragraph too. Every reference to contemporary…