The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Two gathers twenty-four of the finest stories from Singaporean writers published in 2013 and 2014, selected from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections. These pieces examine life in Singapore, beyond its borders to Toronto, California, Shanghai, Andhra Pradesh, Pyongchon and Paris, as well as to the distant past and the far future. Accompanying the stories are the editor’s introduction and an extensive list of honourable mentions for further reading. Contents: Introduction | Jason Erik Lundberg A Day in the Death | Evan Adam Ang The Cat That Disappeared | O Thiam Chin Patterns of a Murmuration, In Billions of Data Points | JY Yang Toronto | Jeremy Tiang Certainty | Tania De Rozario White Noise | Samantha Toh Visiting | Yu-Mei Balasingamchow A Red Meteor in the Margins | Cheryl Julia Lee Why Do Chinese People Have Slanted Eyes? | Amanda Lee Koe Mama at Owen Road | Gemma Pereira Anaesthesia | Andrew Cheah Foreign and Domestic | Kirstin Chen I m d 1 in 10 | Victor Fernando R. Ocampo A Short History of the Sun | Wong Shu Yun The Crocodile Prince | Ng Yi-Sheng Tenali Raman Redux | Jennani Durai Off Duty | Jinny Koh A Dream in Pyongchon | Daryl Qilin Yam Meat Bone Tea | Stephanie Ye The Moral Support of Presence | Karen Kwek Coast | Sharlene Teo Reel | Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan The Man Who Turned Into a Photocopier | Joshua Ip The Judge | Claire Tham