![]() ![]() While stories in the There section are set primarily in the U.K. Other stories in this section similarly combine folklore with the mundane: A schoolgirl allows an enchanted koi fish to brutalize her in exchange for good grades in “The Fish Bowl,” while in “The House of Aunts,” a young vampire falls in love with a Muslim boy at school, much against the advice of the aunts who have raised her. ![]() When Vivian begins to receive visits from her grandmother in her dreams, she experiences a change of heart about the cultural traditions she had formerly disavowed. The collection opens with “The First Witch of Damansara,” in which Vivian-a young Malaysian woman who has immigrated to a “modern Western country”-returns to Malaysia after the death of her grandmother, a witch whose powers Vivian has not inherited. Stories in the first section, Here, are set primarily in Malaysia and explore themes as mundane as teenage love, intergenerational family tensions, and school pressures through the prism of the fantastical. Split into three sections-Here, There, and Elsewhere-this expanded edition of Cho’s 2014 collection takes readers from present-day Malaysia to a boarding school in Britain to Earth thousands of years in the future, showcasing the author’s broad storytelling range. ![]() A collection of speculative stories that play on Malaysian folklore and fantasy tropes with humor and compassion. ![]()
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