“Beyond succinct speculative re-imaginings and cultural subversions, these stories cut to the quick of fragile relationships and the tired assumptions about what we tell ourselves regarding our hyper-modern paradise.”
—CYRIL WONG, Singapore Literature Prize-winning author of Ten Things My Father Never Told Me and Other Stories

“Dazzlingly original, wickedly inventive.”
—AMANDA LEE KOE, multi-award-winning author of Ministry of Moral Panic

“Ng Yi-Sheng’s surreal and intoxicating imagination is on full display in Lion City, taking readers on a breathtaking tour of secret places above, below, and beyond the Singapore of his dreams. At times lyrical and quiet, majestic and oracular, but always powerful, these stories brim with nuanced observations of people in a crisis of identity, at a crossroads culturally and geographically, seeking definition in the comfort of the past and the promise of the future. This mesmerising collection is the opening salvo of a startling and important voice in contemporary Singaporean fiction.”
—DEAN FRANCIS ALFAR, Palanca Grand Prize-winning author of Salamanca and A Field Guide to the Roads of Manila

“Combining the dark fairytale visions of Neil Gaiman and Intan Paramaditha with the deadpan wit of Etgar Keret, Lion City is a wildly imaginative collection of stories centred around the past, present and future trajectories of Singaporean consciousness. Ng Yi-Sheng is a natural storyteller full of insight and humour.”
—SHARLENE TEO, author of Ponti

“Lion City’s short sharp shocks of short stories surprise and delight in equal measure; always conceptually arresting and beautifully executed. Wonderful.”
—LAVIE TIDHAR, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Osama and A Man Lies Dreaming