A brief explanation in the introduction of what the term “Ayam Curtain” means would have been helpful for non-locals buying the book because the collection takes a thematic approach, that of ‘Speaking Bird Language’: with birds flitting between universes, what alternative Singapores might they see on their travels? The first half of this collection comprises of flash fictions built around just such a concept: we get aspects of Singapore as it might yet be, and Singapore as it thankfully isn’t. This is the second collection of speculative fiction from Singapore in 2012, from the same small press that produced the admirable Fish Eats Lion (actually, I believe they were released concurrently). Review by Peter Young in Big Sky #1 (2013).
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