Little Na Willa lives in a narrow alley in Surabaya, in a house with a pine tree standing out front. She spends her days running after passing trains with Dul (though she never manages to catch up), going to the market with her mother, passing the man who sells fluffy yellow chicks, or wondering how … [Read more...]
KOLONI
November 19, 2025 by
Ants for the colony, the colony for the ants. In a hyper-busy, highly stratified world of ants, marriage has only one purpose: to preserve the colony’s survival. Two queen ants—Queen Gegana and Queen Darojak—compete to become the alpha; the elder refuses to step down, the younger fights for … [Read more...]
Namaku Alam
November 14, 2025 by
Here’s what I imagine were father’s final moments: May 18, 1970. A dark day. The sky was black streaked with violet. The moon hid behind the branches of a kapok tree. A flock of vultures perched on the wire fence. They caught the scent of a man on the brink of becoming a corpse, mingled with … [Read more...]