The Colour of Water
By Xueting in General Literary | Reads: 1,472 | Likes: 0
Late in my third year of college, my sister Aparna decided to be a graffiti artist.             She had found alleys and corners downtown that the authorities almost never visited, and turned grey walls into colourful murals. A month and eight   Read More...
Published on Jul 5,2017 07:32 AM
Is it Wrong to Pick Up Girls Like a Research Paper?
By Young Koh in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 5,076 | Likes: 0
Introduction: Justifying the Mess I Made As an adult looking back at life, it is my honest opinion that all I can do about the cringe-worthy moments in my recollection is to justify it as much as I can and move on. But some of these memories linger like the scent of a toilet after someone who ate  Read More...
Published on Jul 6,2017 08:04 PM
Open wounds
By Seow Ryan in General Literary | Reads: 597 | Likes: 0
The day I was born I was a fresh sheet, naïve, and susceptible to external forces, brought into this cold, dark, and heartless world. That day, tears were shed – unknown to be happy or sad – looking at what had been conceived. I was supposed to be a form of relief from her sad, lo  Read More...
Published on Jul 5,2017 11:03 AM
THE LAST JC IN SINGAPORE
By Kok Wei Liang in Mystery | Reads: 2,672 | Likes: 0
We all knew it was going to happen one day.  The birth rate of Singapore kept skydiving, until finally, it just became economically irresponsible to keep more than one Junior College open.  2070 marked the very last year where Singapore had more than one JC. After a final round of JC mer  Read More...
Published on Jul 5,2017 11:23 AM
The great downfall.
By Cornelis Lugtenaar in Fantasy | Reads: 1,612 | Likes: 0
Eric was laying on his side, on the garden reclining seat, next to the swimming pool. He had one leg stretched and the other pulled up on top of it. The young boy was looking at an enormous beetle between the plants in the garden. It was trying to enter a hole in the soil, but was too big for it. E  Read More...
Published on Jul 5,2017 11:41 AM
Worth of the Beautiful
By Oh Zhen Yin in Sci-fi | Reads: 1,893 | Likes: 0
16th July 3074 C.E. Ariadne Yang hummed softly to herself as she made her way down a corridor of Elysium City’s aesthetics facility before she entered a nearby room and peered into a monitor on the wall that displayed a wealth of information about her newest donor. A popup soon appeared onscre  Read More...
Published on Jul 5,2017 12:28 PM
Boundary-less
By Srivathsan in Sci-fi | Reads: 16,130 | Likes: 0
"I love you guys" shouted Narain. "I may not make it" he added. George stretched himself in what seemed like a final desperate attempt to grab Narain. He missed. Narain, the architect of the ideology that drove them on this mission, was dead. Sometime in the past "What if this universe is bounda  Read More...
Published on Jul 9,2017 10:49 AM
When the Cat's Away
By Leroy Lam in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 3,867 | Likes: 0
When the Cat’s Away Leroy Lam Wai Mun   Part 1 – The Cat   Hee Seng trudged back home. His back hurt like a bullock had sat on him and his fingers were raw with blisters. Who would have thought folding cardboard boxes could be so torturous? He cursed his bad luck under his brea  Read More...
Published on Jul 5,2017 12:17 PM
When Death Do Us Part: The Locum
By Sudeepa Nair in Sci-fi | Reads: 2,977 | Likes: 0
Her feeble hand rose in anticipation as she saw her husband walk into the room. He smiled radiantly at her. She could only manage a whimper.  “Hello dear, how are you?” She nodded. That familiar greeting was enough to brighten up her day. “Did you...did you…?” She  Read More...
Published on Jul 5,2017 12:57 PM
The Last Letter
By Sophia G in War Story | Reads: 10,694 | Likes: 0
Dear Mother, Thank you for the socks you sent, and the extra letter paper and diary. Writing helps to calm my thoughts after a long day, and I already have enough socks, so I give the ones you send to the men who still have legs (this is my attempt at humor; I guess it’s how we deal with this   Read More...
Published on Jul 5,2017 12:55 PM
Castaway
By Nikolette Biggerstaff in General Literary | Reads: 5,389 | Likes: 0
It is not the mourning I hear, or the coughs. It is the silence that emanates from my brother’s coffin as it is lowered into the ground ever so carefully, almost as if everyone else knows how fragile my brother is. My mother is standing a few metres away from me, eyes botched from crying, dres  Read More...
Published on Jul 5,2017 03:01 PM
All Else Is Secondary
By Aidan Ong Zongren in General Literary | Reads: 1,990 | Likes: 0
Growing up in Singapore, I learned there was much Singaporeans had to take pride in. Our little red dot has nonetheless succeeded in establishing an indisputable presence in Southeast Asia despite her tumultuous beginnings. Asserting our influence, we strive to continue the work our forefathers bega  Read More...
Published on Jul 5,2017 03:56 PM
A Diabolic Dilemma
By Anmol Kaur Wadhwa (Elsa) in Sci-fi | Reads: 1,271 | Likes: 0
Landon Parker was a coward, yet Landon Parker was the war hero. He had watched all his friends die yet here he was, living to tell the tale. Landon Parker, the one who loved his friends but loved his own life more. Bleeding profusely, losing so much a minute, Landon knew that Brendan wasn’t   Read More...
Published on Jul 6,2017 09:10 PM
A Night of Insomnia
By Kimberly Lium in Fantasy | Reads: 11,815 | Likes: 0
“You would not believe your eyes, if ten million fireflies…” It wasn’t “lit up the world as I fell asleep” that was the next line, just like how the original song was supposed to be. Instead, it transitioned into a “AND THIS IS JOHN CENA” meme. Becau  Read More...
Published on Jul 6,2017 01:32 PM
why don't you come back home
By Dionne Seah in General Literary | Reads: 853 | Likes: 0
It isn’t until he is sitting by the driveway of Anthony’s house, in this dingy, almost-broken rented car, that George fully realises he has made the trip here. It is that realisation that unnerves him, and makes him too aware of everything around him. From the slightly wound-down window,  Read More...
Published on Jul 6,2017 01:35 PM
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