A.K. LEE

I have a lot to do today. But when she naps She purrs – purrs – purrs. I lie down, Close my eyes. To-do list on the coffee table. Fingers...

As a teenager, I used to go 24, 36, 48 hours without sleep. Now?

When the hearse arrives, we're told to kneel with our backs to it and to keep our heads down and our eyes closed. The scent of incense...

The bottom eight inches of my black dress swish when I walk, and twirl when I turn. It's of a different material than the rest of the...

When planning for a vacation, I like to choose three to four must-see locations or must-do activities, and then wing it for the rest....

My partner and I firmly believe that we are cursed. Not in the “let’s find an exorcist” way, just mundane commonplace curses that inconvenience us.

In 2024, I translated three children's books. These stories were about landmarks in Singapore's past that are no longer around today. I translated them from English to Chinese, and while it wasn't my first experience translating per se, it was still a learning experience.

a sunbird on a twig A pair of sunbirds visit my balcony regularly, especially during nesting season. They peel the papery dried layers...

a little six-year-old boy came up to me today, holding a plastic bag full of cold beverages, and asked me if i could help him open the...

I am announcing that after the November newsletter, Story+Story will take a hiatus until March as I wish to work on my existing short...

I had the pleasure of conducting my very first public workshop at the end of August, invited by the people of Let's Read @SG. This came...

July has been a heck of a roller-coaster. There were some high points: I moderated a Q&A with the leaders of Centre for Stories from...

I quit teaching again. To be honest, I had some concerns stepping back into the world of education after three years of COVID-19. I...

"No crisis in a people's history leaves the previous equilibrium undisturbed." This is how Léon Blum introduced this book. In his cold...

A conversation with AK Lee and Robin Mendez. AK: Robin is a friend of mine and we got to talking a little about Black Panther: Wakanda...

Well everyone, that was why I took a hiatus in October! I was on a work trip to Frankfurt for the annual Frankfurt Book Fair, and wow,...

It's been some time since I posted on my blog, but honestly, between writing the short stories and the ongoing serial and the sequel to...

Before I even begin, if you have yet to watch it, if this movie is still playing in a cinema near you, if you are comfortable with the...

It's official: I will stop my daily journaling/creative writing experiment. Since 30 Dec 2021, I wrote a one-page response to prompts...

I made an error with doing Prompt 5 in March, so I've swapped it out.