Collection of literature and short stories in Malaysia.

A collection of 140-character micro short stories, with themes ranging from love, blood, bodies, emotions, supernatural to just weird.

Handyman, Ah Hung hasn't yet to bring home a girl. His mother decides to match make him to a woman with a goodly dowry. With no odd jobs and no money he is resigned to this solution. Having only done it one time long ago, can he get it up again for a woman? Or will he get sidetracked by a man with body piercings

Equally nostalgic yet nightmarish, Lime Pickled is a short story collection set in a fictional Malaysia on the murky themes of exploitation, ecological damage, poverty, abuse and loss. Nefarious characters and the oppressed interact in modern Asia’s richly-textured familiar and amoral setting. At once dark and surreal yet heartwarming, this collection was written during the author’s 15-year stint in Malaysia and hits hard in many ways. Marc de Faoite’s gritty and satirical storytelling hints at traditional folklore with a brush of Zola’s detached naturalism. The initial primal shock cuts deep but these controversial and revealing stories of human longing and hope will stay with you for a long time. "A collection with an unmistakable heart." - Shih-Li Kow Read Lime Pickled and Other Stories today and discover new Asian writing.

A mini collection, beginning, naturally, with the first day of the New Year, whichever it was: probably the pandemic year of 2020. It was exacerbated by a long bout of water cuts caused by a factory dumping toxic waste into the river. The rest of the collection : new year resolution, passing of a friend’s husband, my escape from damage when I fell backwards down a flight of stairs, angelic presence; another death, this time my cat; lucid dreaming. Lastly, a few haiku.

Tuala looks like you and me—human, that is—but something is not right. Trapped on earth, an offspring of a union of human and fae, Tuala has gossamer wings on her back masquerading as tattoos. When she gets hangry, she turns into something other than her sweet seductive svelte self. She needs to be sated so she can earn her earthly upkeep as a sex worker in sweltering Kuala Lumpur. She must imbibe humans—whole, body and soul, all the blood and juices. Vampiric-like, when she feels like it,she will bestow some of her faerie attributes into humans.

THE TUDUNG ANTHOLOGY is a women-only anthology featuring essays, fiction and comics. This is a book about a piece of cloth, and how it is able to weave its way into the hearts of people, causing multiple and different chains of reactions.This book aims to shed light on the bigger picture, and the deeper meaning that comes with a person’s choice to either keep it or discard it, giving us a different perspective to consider our side before making assumptions and drawing conclusions. (Matahari Books)