A group of senior citizens set out to visit an amusement park for one last suicidal ride… A wannabe influencer takes a driverless taxi through the streets of Jakarta, only to discover the destination she’s hurtling towards is now underwater... A daughter despairs at her mother’s wish to leave … [Read more...]
Cerita-cerita Bahagia, Hampir Seluruhnya
October 14, 2020 by
Playful, experimental, and charged, Happy Stories, Mostly (Cerita-cerita Bahagia, Hampir Seluruhnya) is a collection of ten stories that queer the norm. Inspired by Simone Weil’s concept of “decreation,” and often drawing on Batak and Christian cultural elements, the stories put queer characters in … [Read more...]
Sambal dan Ranjang
October 13, 2020 by
My husband has a habit of going to bed. He had to eat dinner, complete with mortar sauce on the ground. I'm a little overwhelmed by this habit. But as a wife, I have to comply with my husband's wishes. The ideal wife is a woman who is good at making chili sauce, my mother once told me. I never … [Read more...]
Eyewitness: Short Story
May 2, 2020 by
In November 1991, Indonesian soldiers opened fire on protestors in Dili, the capital of East Timor, killing an estimated 250 people. For publishing a report on this massacre, Seno Gumira Ajidarma, editor of Jakarta-Jakarta magazine at the time, was dismissed from his position. He sought another way, … [Read more...]
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