In the early 1940s when Malaysia was occupied by Japan, Zara tried to continue on with her life as normally as possible...

On a winter day during lockdown, an author living in the mountains takes in a bird that flew into his window.

Twisted. Mingled. Ugly. Big. Scary. And... alien! This time, The Anatomy of Monsters takes us into space.

Listen to the music of your pulse and feel the winter cold before "the first amber lick of light" in this poem.

Considered a magical plant across continents, mugwort has many uses as a medicinal herb as well as in the kitchen and beyond.

A couple moves into a house on Jericho Road where something lurks in the creaking of the wood at night.

A poem that reflects on unreciprocated devotion as love intermingles with longing, sacrifice, and the haunting silence of ingratitude. 

A park with a hawthorn tree at its center and an encounter with a magpie lead Maggie into a fairy mound of her own.

"I feel safe. This World is evil and dark and yet I feel safe.  What are the odds of that?"

Hedda enters her dead brother's house to work through his belongings and through her past. But things are not what they seem.

Twisted. Ugly. Scary. Or perhaps not? Part 3 of this series explores the romanticization of monsters as well as Lovecraftian horror.

Prepare to be spooked as we dive into the world of monsters with Line Henriksen, senior lecturer in literature and creative writing.

This story is the 1st place winner of the Monsters short story competition, organized in collaboration with SUM.