{"product_id":"the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-three","title":"The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Three","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BNSSS3-Sample.pdf?6829790132748407388\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/583\/The-Epigram-Books-Collection-of-Best-New-Singaporean-Short-Stories\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Three\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis volume features short story contributions from Eva Aldea, Joelyn Alexandra, Jennifer Anne Champion, Andrew Cheah, Clara Chow, Noelle Q. de Jesus, Melissa De Silva, SC Gordon, Jon Gresham, Philip Holden, Amanda Lee Koe, Su Leong, Leonora Liow, Manish Melwani, Sam Ng, Nuraliah Norasid, O Thiam Chin, Jollin Tan, Verena Tay, Jason Wee, Daryl Qilin Yam, Yeo Wei Wei, Yeoh Jo-Ann, Yeow Kai Chai, Ovidia Yu, and Andrew Yuen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Singapore’s fiction revival is on track! Thirty-five years after Robert Yeo’s landmark curation of the best national stories of his time, the project re-begins with a fresh slate of short fiction that rightly welcomes several new names. Jason Erik Lundberg has done an outstanding job of choosing stories you will want to return to—like rooms in the head—for years to come!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Gwee Li Sui, author and illustrator of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/myth-of-the-stone\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMyth of the Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I recommend the \u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One\u003c\/em\u003e, which showcases the best in contemporary Singaporean writing now, with a diverse multitude of local voices that tackle their subjects with tooth and claw, flair and finesse.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—O Thiam Chin, fiction writer, in “My Book of the Year”, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/singaporepoetry.com\/2014\/12\/13\/my-book-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSingapore Poetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyril Wong\u003c\/strong\u003e (guest editor) is the Singapore Literature Prize-winning author of a dozen collections of poetry—including \u003ci\u003eUnmarked Treasure\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eTilting Our Plates to Catch the Light\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eThe Dictator’s Eyebrow\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eAfter You\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eThe Lover’s Inventory\u003c\/i\u003e (2015)—as well as a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and two short story collections, \u003ci\u003eLet Me Tell You Something About That Night\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and T\u003ci\u003een Things My Father Never Taught Me and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eHere and Beyond: 12 Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWe Contain Multitudes: Twelve Years of SOFTBLOW\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (series editor) is the fiction editor at Epigram Books. He was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of over twenty books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared: A Novella\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable: Selected Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e picture book series (2012–2015); he is also the founding editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012–2018), editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012), and co-editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2008) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2004).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":907704893465,"sku":"9789814785280","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/BNSSS-3-CVF-300.jpg?v=1508226853","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-three","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}