LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #8 Author_Suratman Markasan while the affluent are insured

while the affluent are insured against all misfortune and can do no wrong

arguably the world’s greatest travel writer alive

which made and sold handicrafts and cake pops at flea markets and bazaars

Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)

lyrical and quietly honest”

LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #8 Author_Suratman Markasan while the affluent are insuredDescription About the Editors Look inside the book This eighth issue of LONTAR presents speculative writing from and about Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand. Inside these pages, youll find: fishing for mermaids in the Mekong River by Alyssa Wong; a tense and otherworldly ancestral homecoming by Michael Janairo; a rebellion against inevitable eugenics by Clara Chow; snapshots of the fantastic in the mundane by Wilfred Cabrera; and speculative