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ambi_dexter_writes's review
3.0
This anthology was published in 2011 so ok lah it was not bad already we didn't really have much of a short story scene then everyone was so obsessed with poetry and going "wah singlit so chim so I must be chim"
Whatever criticism has been said about our local flavour of literature then has definitely helped to shape and improve the quality (and I daresay quantity) of short stories and proses we have now. My only add on to this is- how come so many stories happen in the east of Singapore ah? It's as though the east is the only place on this god-forsaken island that has any form of everyday life. East side truly best side meh? Y'all don't want to read about horror stories in Yishun or a romance in Woodlands or an assassination in Boon Lay isit?
I read this (and tbh, will read the rest of the stories in this collection) with the hopes of getting inspired to write my own short story, and I must say in all honesty this was quite a well-curated collection of works.
Whatever criticism has been said about our local flavour of literature then has definitely helped to shape and improve the quality (and I daresay quantity) of short stories and proses we have now. My only add on to this is- how come so many stories happen in the east of Singapore ah? It's as though the east is the only place on this god-forsaken island that has any form of everyday life. East side truly best side meh? Y'all don't want to read about horror stories in Yishun or a romance in Woodlands or an assassination in Boon Lay isit?
I read this (and tbh, will read the rest of the stories in this collection) with the hopes of getting inspired to write my own short story, and I must say in all honesty this was quite a well-curated collection of works.
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