Singaporean literature has begun experiencing a sea change, with the short story form enjoying a renaissance. As a result, an explosion of short fiction with a Singaporean flavour has been produced to incredible effect, both by emerging and established writers. For the prose enthusiast, it is a very exciting time. The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One curates the finest short fiction from Singaporean writers published in 2011 and 2012. This ground-breaking and unique anthology showcases stories that examine various facets of the human condition and the truths that we tell ourselves in order to exist in the everyday. The styles are as varied as the authors, and no two pieces are alike. Here are twenty unique and breathtaking literary insights into the Singaporean psyche, which examine what it means to live in this particular part of the world at this particular time. Contents: Introduction | Jason Erik Lundberg The Tiger of 142B | Dave Chua The Hearing Aid | Vinita Ramani Mohan The Illoi of Kantimeral | Alvin Pang Lighthouse | Yu-Mei Balasingamchow Seascrapers | Stephanie Ye Because I Tell | Felix Cheong Sleeping | O Thiam Chin Agnes Joaquim, Bioterrorist | Ng Yi-Sheng The Dispossessed | Karen Kwek Harmonious Residences | Jeremy Tiang Randy’s Rotisserie | Amanda Lee Koe The Protocol Wars of Laundry and Coexistence | Koh Choon Hwee Zero Hour | Cyril Wong Walls | Verena Tay Copies | Eleanor Neo Welcome to the Pond | Wei Fen Lee Scared For What | Ann Ang Joo Chiat and Other Lost Things | Justin Ker Anniversary | Phan Ming Yen The Borrowed Boy | Alfian Sa’at

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

The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Three gathers the finest Singaporean stories published in 2015 and 2016, selected by guest editor Cyril Wong from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections. Accompanying the stories are the editor’s preface and an extensive list of honourable mentions for further reading. Contents: Preface | Cyril Wong Introduction | Jason Erik Lundberg These Foolish Things | Yeo Wei Wei The Thing | Yeoh Jo-Ann See It Coming | Jennifer Anne Champion Walking Backwards Up Bukit Timah Hill| Jon Gresham Salvation Solution | Ovidia Yu A Century of Loneliness | Andrew Cheah Thing Language| Daryl Qilin Yam The City Beneath the City | Jason Wee Last Night I Dreamt That Harry Was In Love With Me | Amanda Lee Koe Prices | Sam Ng Dark Shades | Yeow Kai Chai Love in a Time of Dying | Andrew Yuen Junk Mail | Joelyn Alexandra Falling Water | Leonora Liow Claire | SC Gordon Madam Jamilah’s Family Portrait | Nuraliah Norasid Better Places | Jollin Tan In the End | Noelle Q. de Jesus Peelings | Su Leong The Sensualist | Verena Tay Baba Ganoush | Eva Aldea It Happened at Mount Pleasant | Melissa De Silva Campfire | O Thiam Chin Want Less | Clara Chow Library | Philip Holden The Tigers of Bengal | Manish Melwani

"Our stories are everywhere we look, and those stories matter; they are as varied and as manifold as we are. The pieces here are by student writers, full-time writers, hobbyists—some of the writers are based in Singapore, some are away from the city, and others call this city home, however momentarily. But all these stories speak to the very human truths of loss and desire in one way or another." –from the preface The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Four gathers the finest Singaporean stories published in 2017 and 2018, selected by guest editor Pooja Nansi from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections. Contents: Preface | Pooja Nansi Introduction | Jason Erik Lundberg Limassol, Cyprus | Balli Kaur Jaswal The Tunnel | Patrick Sagaram Fusings | Rachel Heng Just the Green Bit | Daryl Qilin Yam Blindness | Cyril Wong Regrettable Things | Jennani Durai The Angel Tiger | Barrie Sherwood Not Yet Pekak | Ikmaliah Idi In Between Houses | Zhu Yuan Laura Love in Singapore | Nidhi Arora Edison and Curie | Inez Tan As If We Could Dream Forever | Victor Fernando R. Ocampo Oh-Chien | Lydia Kwa Wings for Marie | Shreya Acharya Land of a Thousand Smiles | Jinny Koh SIN | Ng Yi-Sheng

The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Five gathers the finest Singaporean stories published in 2019 and 2020, selected by guest editor Balli Kaur Jaswal from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections. Contents: Preface | Balli Kaur Jaswal Introduction | Jason Erik Lundberg Harihara | Cyril Wong Fish | Ashish Xiangyi Kumar The Prayer Mat | Wisha Jamal The Visit | Jon Gresham Fling | Jayashree Panicker To Ashes | Wayne Rée The Panasonic | Prasanthi Ram The Prisoner | Yu-Mei Balasinghamchow Who’s Your Daddy? / Siapa Bapak Kau? | Suffian Hakim A Minor Kalahari | Diana Rahim Xingzhou | Ng Yi-Sheng Sacred Scalp | Anittha Thanabalan Buddha was an Aries | Adeline Chia A Trip to the Beach | Barrie Sherwood The Kapre | Patricia Karunungan The Best of Times | Samantha Toh The Unsullied Tongue of Saint Anthony | Arin Alycia Fong