Here’s an excerpt from the Prologue of Watermyth: She inhaled those tales amidst the tumult of bus interchanges, the sound of 1990s grunge-rock and Malay hair metal booming from tiny cassette shops flanking the central bus station, where exhaust fumes met a medley of aromas from smoky woks and great cauldrons of livid chettinad curries … Continue reading Cantata Chronicles 10/10/2025
Another month, another accountability thread! So here’s what was achieved since my last post and my October goals. Some changes since the last post: I decided to set smaller (lol) monthly goals. And I decided to be more holistic about it rather than compartmentalizing everything since all aspects of my being should work together. August-September … Continue reading From the Escritoire 1/10/2025
August was certainly quite a month for me! I received a surprise email letting me know I had won my uni of employ’s (the National University of Malaysia) annual Bitara award for Arts and Creativity (Creative Writing). I was at first unsure what the award was for but the email said it was for the … Continue reading Watermyth Wins An Award!
This is a post I’ve been meaning to write since my first Wiscon experience (online) a few months ago. Wiscon has always been one of my dream cons and I’d given up on ever attending it but they made it online this year, which was really an opportunity I could not miss even though I … Continue reading Lyceum Notes: Between the Numinous and the Real
Warning: Contains spoilers. You might want to read the story first! I used to be very nervous about doing these publication notes but I also felt a necessity to do them because otherwise, with every publication there would be wild speculations about the provenance of the plot. I still laugh sometimes about a reader who … Continue reading Publication Notes: “Vengeance As Sweet As My Love” in Translunar Travelers Lounge