Ivy Ngeow

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Lost Weekend” by Ivy Ngeow

Submitted to Contest #83

The week he arrived in Bangkok in 1974, Rodney bought a moped. It was as risky as sleeping with a Thai streetwalker. His contract included a driver. The moped was a rebellion, to enable him to see Bangkok as a local. The end of day was the best time, when temperatures dropped and the city neon was shrouded in smoke from the woks of the street stalls. Rodney turned his moped at the corner of Phran Nok. As an amateur entomologist, this first trip was a rite of passage. The only Thai food he had experienced back home in North London was a green...

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“The New Romantic” by Ivy Ngeow

Submitted to Contest #81

All she knows is that she has made a start, from the peel of the first diaphanous deep purple skin to the slicing of its hairy head, to the satisfying thunk on the chopping board. She has a slight headache and looks at the time. If that is the start, what is the end? She has an hour. She has wine in the fridge. A bag of Doritos on the kitchen counter. She has all this and an empty house in Fulham and an American lover. Life is perfect as an apple. It should be, dammit. Nan-see will not make what she’s always made for her mother. She’s not ...

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Author bio

Ivy is an author of novels and short stories. She is a suburban mother of two who enjoys books, wine and cake. She gives impromptu virtuoso piano performances. She lives in London.