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Why I Write Ghost Stories in a City That (Seemingly) Doesn’t Believe in Ghosts

Shi Min Xie August 27, 2025 0Comments

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Notes from the Other Side of Publication

Shi Min Xie August 20, 2025 0Comments

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Perfection is Overrated

Shi Min Xie July 6, 2025 0Comments

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Behind-The-Scenes: Su Lynn and Cai Rong’s Relationship

Shi Min Xie May 15, 2025 0Comments

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The Book is Out! Finally! Plus Behind-The-Scenes Drafts

Shi Min Xie May 6, 2025 0Comments

Personal Poems

How To Care For Your Hooman

Meow to ask for what you want.Position yourself in a comfortable place and wait.Breathe while you make a nest of your owner’s jacket. You own the space,not the other way…

Shi Min Xie April 22, 2022
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The Corporate Adventures of the Eighth Dragon Princess of the South Seas

Ever since the Heavens, Hell, and Earth rolled into one, the Dragon Princess of the South Seas had to take her degree at Singapore Management University and graduate with a…

Shi Min Xie March 24, 2022
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Turning Red is also about generational trauma, not just about puberty

The new movie Turning Red has taken the Asian community by storm. Like it or hate it, we’re all impressed that this movie got made, especially during the pandemic, with…

Shi Min Xie March 17, 2022
Personal

On being perfect

I’ve spent my whole life writing. When I was a kid, I kept a diary, detailing all the memories I wanted to recall when I got older. Every time I…

Shi Min Xie March 4, 2022
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On Reunion Dinners, mostly.

I haven’t really updated here in a while, and sometimes, I’m not too sure what this blog is for. Often, I second guess myself–why, of all things, should I have…

Shi Min Xie February 1, 2022
Rants

Thoughts on the BooksActually Saga

Note: This rant originally appeared on my personal Facebook and Instagram account on 27/9/2021. My Saturday was filled with my friends pinging me that Rice Media had exposed the abuse…

Shi Min Xie November 8, 2021
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The Death of Farmer Yan Part VIII

I did not think that there was an edge of the world, but there we were. Horse and I had walked to the part of the world where the sky…

Shi Min Xie February 19, 2021
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The Death of Farmer Yan Part VII

I woke up the next day on the temple’s cold, hard, floors. My partner and I had kept vigil at night, and somehow, we had fallen asleep. Every muscle in…

Shi Min Xie February 18, 2021
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The Death of Farmer Yan, Part VI

Horse and I sat opposite each other at this long table. The prince sat to my right and the princess was on Horse’s left. The mood was sad and solemn,…

Shi Min Xie February 17, 2021
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The Death of Farmer Yan, Part V

The funeral was to take place in the temple’s great hall. Monks were constructing a wooden platform to put my master’s body beneath it, with Master Yu giving directions. Some…

Shi Min Xie February 16, 2021

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Dragonhearted is an award-winning children's book available at most bookstores. Views expressed here are my own.

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  • The Book is Out! Finally! Plus Behind-The-Scenes Drafts

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