The Muse and Other Stories by Chua Kok Yee - ISBN: 9789815058963
Paperback
Malaysian myths twist reality, revealing the darkness within ordinary lives.

The Muse and Other Stories

  • Paperback

    204 pages

  • Release Date

    12 September 2023

Summary

An anthology of novellas and short stories with supernatural elements based on Malaysia’s multi-cultural beliefs and myths.

The Muse and Other Stories is a collection of dark stories from the author of Not A Monster and Without Anchovies.

  • An elderly editor discovers the secret of an author and his muse, and tries to save him from the curse of a vengeful spirit.
  • The Afterlife is in great trouble, and a young man is enlisted by a high-ra…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9789815058963
ISBN-10:9815058967
Author:Chua Kok Yee
Publisher:Penguin Random House SEA
Imprint:Penguin Random House SEA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:204
Release Date:12 September 2023
Weight:231g
Dimensions:215mm x 135mm x 12mm
About The Author

Chua Kok Yee

Chua Kok Yee’s debut novel Not A Monster won the 2nd Fixi Novo Malaysian Novel contest. He started writing about fifteen years ago, and his short stories have been published in various anthologies and periodicals including Best Of Malaysian Short Fiction in English 2010-2020 (Malaysia Writers Society, 2022), Ronggeng-ronggeng- Malaysia Short Stories (Maya Press 2019), Remang (Terrerbooks, 2017) Little Basket- 2016 (Fixi, 2016), KL Noir Blue (Fixi, 2014), Black and White and Other New Short Stories from Malaysia (CCCPress, 2012), Selangor Times, and Esquire Malaysia. He co-authored News From Home with Shih-li Kow and Rumaizah Abu Bakar in 2007, and his own collection of short stories, Without Anchovies, was published in 2010. Three of his stories from Without Anchovies are currently required reading for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia English Literature paper. Follow him on Twitter @ chuakoky33.

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