A.K. LEE

I wanted to write about an old potter who spent her life shaping clay with her hands.

Outside the porthole, the stars twinkle a welcome back . They have emerged from hyperspace 2.8 million light years away from Waystation-1, heading directly towards the colony where their destination waits in stationary orbit. Two more jumps through hyperspace and they will get to the mothership where they will dock for a Standard week, and then start on the return voyage. The shuttle is silent. They are used to it. The silence makes it easier for them to take note of minor pr

I was reflecting on my work today, as one does towards the end of the year.

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...

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...

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

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

Here are the prompts for March:

This is the first chapter of Fragile Vessel, also available in my first issue of Story+Story newsletter. I will post subsequent chapters...

I've posted my journal responses for the first week of January and I have already found it to be very useful in getting my brain to kick...

What is in your mind when you are alone in the dark? Confession time: I am a horror weenie. I don't watch horror movies, I nearly always...