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  • Published: 1 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9789815144789
  • Imprint: PRH SEA
  • Format: Paperback
  • RRP: $27.99

Mouths to Speak, Voices to Sing and Other Stories



Alternating between the everyday and the extraordinary, the mundane and the magical, Mouths to Speak, Voices to Sing is a collection of short fiction by Kenneth Yu that explores our everyday, human experiences against the backdrop of the wondrous and fantastic.

Singing Chinese antiquities.

Ghosts that only one young man could sense.

A house with a sentient A.I. that becomes a part of the family.

A cricket that acts as a tragic voice of reason.

A man born and bred for neural mass surveillance.

This anthology is a collection of unpredictable stories of various genres—fantasy, science fiction, crime, horror and the supernatural—that touch on courage and fear, loss and resolution, denial and honesty, despair and hope…from an author who writes about being human in a world where the unseen is suddenly exposed. Every story is written in versatile language, with characters sure to elicit sympathy, and perhaps even familiarity, from readers who are sure to recognize themselves or those they know in the unique situations of each entertaining tale.

  • Published: 1 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9789815144789
  • Imprint: PRH SEA
  • Format: Paperback
  • RRP: $27.99

About the author

Kenneth Yu

Kenneth Yu is an award-winning author from the Philippines whose short fiction has seen publication in his home country as well as overseas in the USA, Canada, Malaysia, and Taiwan. His work has been lauded and recognized by renowned speculative fiction editor Ellen Datlow, bestselling author Neil Gaiman, and popular fiction podcaster LeVar Burton. In the 2010s, he was a major contributor to the growth and current popularity of genre fiction produced by Filipino writers. He was a judge at the 41st Philippine National Book Awards, is a staunch reading advocate, and has ceaselessly pushed literacy to the Filipino youth. He was born, raised, and currently resides in Metro Manila.

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