Singapore Love Stories
Edited by Verena Tay
What does it mean to love and be loved in Singapore?
Singapore Love Stories is a vibrant collection of seventeen stories that delves into the diverse love lives of Singapore’s eclectic mix of inhabitants. From the HDB heartlander to the Sentosa millionaire, the privileged expatriate to the migrant worker, the accidental tourist to the reluctant citizen, the characters in this anthology reveal an array of perspectives of love found in the island city-state.
Leading Singaporean and Singapore-based writers explore the best and worst of the human condition called love, including grief, duplicity and revenge, self-love, filial love, homesickness and tragic past relationships. Collectively, the stories in this anthology reveal the many ways in which love can be both a salve and a wound in life.
Summary of Contents
A Poor Man
by Audrey Chin
Sago Lane
by Heather Higgins
Love, Nude
by Elaine Chiew
A Bad Decision
by Damyanti Biswas
A Long Bicycle Ride to the Sea
by Jon Gresham
Ex
by Verena Tay
True North
by Shola Olowu-Asante
The Things We Hide
by Clarrissa N. Goenawan
The Gardener
by Raelee Chapman
The Ruby Case
by Wan Phing Lim
Space, Time and Chicken Rice
by Kane Wheatley-Holder
Too Fat
by Vanessa Deza Hangad
Cake
by Jing-Jing Lee
The Veil
by Alice Clark-Platts
ATM Agony Aunty
by Melanie Lee
Bayshore Wake
by Marion Kleinschmidt
Merlion’s Magic
by S. Mickey Lin