LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #8 Author_Suratman Markasan has been adapted into a

has been adapted into a webcomic series

Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)

Patsy Goh and her best friend Elena are whisked back in time to 1987

while the affluent are insured against all misfortune and can do no wrong

surrogate speaking to the dead by Patricia Karunungan

LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #8 Author_Suratman Markasan has been adapted into aDescription About the Editors Look inside the book This eighth issue of LONTAR presents speculative writing from and about Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand. Inside these pages, youll find: fishing for mermaids in the Mekong River by Alyssa Wong; a tense and otherworldly ancestral homecoming by Michael Janairo; a rebellion against inevitable eugenics by Clara Chow; snapshots of the fantastic in the mundane by Wilfred Cabrera; and speculative