Non Fiction.
Songs for the Unseen
Exploring the silent histories of Indonesian queer ancestors through a speculative lens.
A Ghost at a Festival
A man, recently diagnosed with HIV, finds himself at a festival celebrating Indonesian independence in Brisbane.
Statutory Declaration
A legal document, part of an application to claim asylum in Australia, was turned into a short creative non-fiction piece.
Chicken Bones
Three Indonesian friends in Brisbane are spending what is possibly their last meal together before one of them moves to England.
Why Australia?
A young gay man in Jakarta is on the verge of a nervous breakdown while being interviewed for a scholarship to study overseas.
Having Sex with Racist
Two gay men met in Brisbane in 2016. Their lives were about to change forever in ways that had nothing to do with romance.
Boom
A brief, ghostly encounter between two strangers on a train to Bradford.
The Architecture of Home
A narrative tracing the physical and emotional boundaries of belonging across borders.
Bukan Keluargaku
(Not My Family)
A highly anticipated debut narrative detailing the complex configurations of family, bloodties, and chosen loyalty among Indonesian queer diaspora.
Set against the shifting skylines of Jakarta and Melbourne, it weaves historical memoir with cultural analysis to ask dynamic questions about duty, disappointment, and the families we construct to survive.