The cart's handles fit Tan Ah Kow's palms the way his father's tools had—worn smooth where hands pressed. He'd oiled them last night while his eldest son swept the workshop floor. The buffalo stood patient in her traces. The camphor-wood cabinet in the cart was his best work this month: dovetailed corners, brass hinges from … Continue reading The Bridge at Gang Pinggir
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The Dog on the Street
The dog's name is Biscuit, and he has his own Instagram account. Mara discovers this the first weekend after moving into the rental on Telford Close—a Saturday garden party glimpsed from her kitchen window that she finds herself waved into by Diane, who lives three houses along in the double-fronted Victorian with the bay trees … Continue reading The Dog on the Street
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