Happy Stories, Mostly Fantasy coming out at the school

coming out at the school gates and much more

But it’s not long before their three children—each nearing adulthood and fleeing personal crises of their own—descend on their fathers’ bliss

a young boy on the spectrum at odds with a neurotypical world determined to “cure” him

who has always been an object of at best

Happy Stories, Mostly Fantasy coming out at the schoolBy Norman Erikson Pasaribu, translated by Tiffany Tsao In their stunning fiction debut, queer Indonesian writer Norman Erikson Pasaribu blends together speculative fiction and dark absurdism, drawing from Batak and Christian cultural elements. Longlisted for the International Booker Prize, Happy Stories, Mostly introduces one of the most important Indonesian writers today (Litro Magazine). These twelve short stories ask what it means to be almost