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<p>Enter the strange mind of Jason Erik Lundberg, hailed by The Guardian for &ldquo;achieving emotionally resonant effects within just a few pages&rdquo;. Let his imagination introduce you to an unearthly star girl, a foul-mouthed wombat, slithering immortals, a fish with premonitions, and much more.<br/><br/>These short stories, painstakingly selected from Lundberg&rsquo;s first three collections, include a brand-new novelette&mdash;&ldquo;Slowly Slowly Slowly&rdquo; takes place in a future Singapore where an old folks&apos; home takes the form of an actual zoo&mdash;and the author&apos;s preferred texts of &ldquo;The Stargirl and the Potter&rdquo; and &ldquo;Ikan Berbudi (Wise Fish)&rdquo;.</p>

Jason Erik Lundberg is the author and anthologist of over twenty books, including <em>Red Dot Irreal</em> (2011), <em>The Alchemy of Happiness</em> (2012), <em>Fish Eats Lion</em> (2012), <em>Strange Mammals</em> (2013), <em>Embracing the Strange</em> (2013), the six-book <em>Bo Bo and Cha Cha </em>children’s picture book series (2012–2015), <em>Carol the Coral</em> (2016), and the biennial <em>Best New Singaporean Short Stories</em> anthology series (est. 2013). He is also the founding editor of <em>LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Fiction</em> (2012–2018), and a recipient of the 2013 Creation Grant from Singapore’s National Arts Council. His writing has been anthologised widely, shortlisted for multiple awards, and honourably mentioned twice in <em>The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror</em>.

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