Interview

Queer horror has long used monsters, ghosts, and demons to explore questions of identity, belonging, and survival. In Phoning Faust, filmmaker and writer Sophie Mutiara Nova brings those themes into the digital age, following a lonely young woman whose late-night call to the Devil spirals into a … [Read more...]

Inspired by national struggles and everyday exhaustion, the Cigarette Girl author writes a story about ants that feels deeply human. In a world still run by patriarchs, the writer behind Cigarette Girl turned to a tiny, underground matriarchal society to find feminist answers. Ratih Kumala’s … [Read more...]

It’s November, 2025, and “My Harimau King” has arrived on bookshelves as both a thrilling story for young readers and a cultural milestone, with author Annie McCann’s voice roaring through every page like the tiger king at the heart of her tale. (“Harimau” means tiger in Indonesian/Malay). Set … [Read more...]

In the short story collection titled This Fresh Hell, published by Clan Destine Press, there is a story involving the character Nyi Roro Kidul, who according to stories from the regions of Java and Sunda, lives in the southern sea area. Recently, adventure stories involving a legendary figure … [Read more...]

Jesse Q. Sutanto explores themes of misogyny in the gaming community and beyond in her new YA novel, Didn’t See That Coming, her second work set in Indonesia. Seventeen-year-old Kiki Siregar plays her favorite virtual game using the handle DudeBro10 and has persuaded fellow players that she’s a … [Read more...]