Intan Paramaditha is the author of Apple and Knife, a collection of dark stories about disobedient women. Her first novel, The Wandering, won a PEN Translates Award and is published by Harvill Secker. Frankenstein Mary Shelley I found Frankenstein at the British Council library in … [Read more...]
Writings
BRAM
FUCK. The sun is fucking blinding. Why did I forget to close the fucking cover? The rats in Kampung Bali are fucking THICC! Why am I speaking in retroslang? ZZZZZ. I can’t go back to sleep now. Have to get out of this dumpster. Was good though this one, the vegies were fresh, didn’t smell too bad. … [Read more...]
Breakfast Without Mama
He hated morning, he wished the night could stay longer and the sun never rose again. At night he could hide under the blanket, pulled it all the way to cover his head, folded his legs in, clasped his hands, and just let the quiet darkness swallow him, and the bonus was: If he was really quiet … [Read more...]
Buried Stories
My hometown is like a wellspring of tales. Not happy ending stories like being celebrated by famous writers in your city, but a pile of unpublished frequent tragic stories, even though I’ve devoted my entire life to write them. Will you teach me to write? I was really provoked to write, even if … [Read more...]
Call Me By Your Name, Which Is Irresponsible and Not Meteoric
We both know it’s easier between two beautiful people We both know it’s easier when it’s a nice mountain mansion in Italy with a shallow pool and a live-in adult-nanny And we both know it’s easier since it’s summer with ripe-pink peaches and nobody interfering without knocking “He looks like he … [Read more...]
