Author's Commentary
Author's Commentary
The First Witch of Damansara — Author's
Notes
I wrote this story when a friend sent me a call for submissions to an anthology of urban fantasy stories about fashion (thanks, Micole!). I think mine is more suburban fantasy than urban fantasy, if only because I am interested in what happens in the home, but the editor of the anthology bought it anyway.
I am not sure if it is realistic for Nai Nai to be so down on white in a wedding dress. It is true that traditionally white is the colour for mourning, but that taboo seems to have been wiped out by the ubiquity of the Western white wedding dress. The way I've explained it to myself is that Nai Nai is trolling Vivian throughout, which is consistent with her characterization.
Vivian's real name is Wei Lin. Like several of my other characters, she has adopted a Western name as a means of hiding herself.
"Nai Nai is always bad in the movies" is something my mother once said. I steal all my best lines.
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