[BACKORDER] Perks of Being Dumped

NOTE: We're in the middle of restocking Perks of Being Dumped and we expect to send them out in late-end February. If you've purchased other items in the same order, they will be sent out together.

Edited by Judith Huang, Ng Ziqin and Max Pasakorn

A light-hearted anthology full of relatable relationships and the woes that come with them is an enjoyable read for everyone excited about love.

Format: Paperback
Pages: 184

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A couple enters a sham marriage for five years to buy a BTO flat, then part ways. A well-travelled lover recounts their exciting 20s through seven breakups across continents. A girl writes a scathing note to her ex’s future girlfriend. A drawing session with frogs prompts a teenager to reconsider their feelings for boys. A scheming 'nice guy' tries to find a more attractive version of his dead wife using an interdimensional dating service.

These local stories, poems and essays all about heartbreak – and the beautiful singlehood that comes after – are collected in this literary anthology edited by Judith Huang, Ng Ziqin and Max Pasakorn. 

Featuring stories, wisdom and advice from writers, this light-hearted anthology full of relatable relationships and the woes that come with them is an enjoyable read for everyone excited about love.

Contributors include Ada Lim, Adan Jimenez, Ally Chua, Andrew Kirkrose Devadason, Ang Shuang, Anisha Drall, Ashley Chin, Bobby Sun, Chloe Ang, Conan Tan, Constance Tan, Darienne Sim, Euginia Tan, Faith Ho, Felix Cheong, Gabby Avena, Ian Chung, Jack Xi, Jake Dennis, Janelyn Dupingay, Jerrold Yam, Joseph Tan, Kimberley Chia, Kimberly Lium, Natalie Wang, Pamela Seong Koon, Stephanie Dogfoot, Toh Hsien Min, Tong Jia Han Chloe, Topaz Winters, Vivien Yap, Winter A. Chen, Yane Usagi, and Yap Xin Yi.

About the Editors

Judith Huang is a Singaporean author, poet, literary and science fiction translator, serial-arts-collective-founder and multimedia artist. Her first  novel, Sofia and the Utopia Machine, was shortlisted for the EBFP and the Singapore Book Awards. Find her work at www.judithhuang.com and @judtheobscure on Instagram.

Ziqin Ng is an undergraduate law student and the author of Every School a Good School, a young adult novel that was shortlisted for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize in 2022 and longlisted for the Spirit of Singapore Book Prize in 2023.

Max Pasakorn is the author of creative nonfiction chapbook, A Study in Our Selves (Neon Hemlock Press, 2023). Max’s writing has won the 2024 swamp pink prize in Nonfiction and the Chestnut Review Stubborn Writers’ Contest. Read more at maxpasakorn.works or follow Max on Instagram at @maxpsk_writes.