Overview
20 shadowy tales from Asia’s Stephen King
Unconfined to a single theme, this new collection of twenty short stories by Halim offers five distinct worlds. The paranormal mysteries from "The occult World," with its dark settings, reveal supernatural existences in the characteristic Halim style. "Fragmented Minds" open doors to the tales of the horrors of some twisted human minds driven by madness. Without the theme of supernatural, these instances of the human rationality falling apart evoke fear of a different nature. The third set of horrors is a reflection of our vulnerability, with its tales of how technology can be destructive at times. "Graveyard Voices" makes readers align their thoughts with the author, who wonders who all are watching when we walk by a graveyard and what thrilling rides they could take us on. The final set unearths stories that are influenced by the richness of Malay myths and legends, dark beliefs that may go back hundreds if not thousands of years ago into primeval past. Some are fast-paced, some are more leisurely. Some may be scary like a haunted house ride while others less so, but in all five different themes, readers are guaranteed to Scream to the Shadows!
Reviews
“A literary talent.” —Marie Claire
“[He has] an undeniable gift of the narrative.” —New Straits Times
“[Don’t] miss the broodingly beautiful prose of the master of Malaysian horror.” —Rajat Choudhuri, The Best Asian Speculative Fiction
"Some will jump out at you; others are more subtle. The latter will grow on you slowly, and you might even shudder a bit after reading it." --
The Sun Daily"Penguin Southeast Asia recently brought out a collection of the best of his short stories, appropriately titled "Scream from the Shadows," attesting to his preeminent position as his country's literary "Prince of Darkness." -
asia.nikkei.com"
Scream to the Shadows features five different themes like 'The Occult World' and 'Fragmented Minds'. The controversial story of 'The Rape of Martha Teoh' tells of a returning ghost of an abusive husband; in 'Ladiah', a mysterious maid uses black magic to seduce her boss, and '44 Cemetery Road' tells an evil tale of the undead. Read this if you're into: - Gothic horror - Graphic descriptions - Revenge tales" -
Says"THERE'S a sense of loss that threads through Tunku Halim Tunku Abdullah's
Scream To The Shadows (published in 2019) like a dull skein of bleakness. For perfectly good reasons, the literature of grief dwells on the experiences of the living, the survivors who grapple with the pain of loss and the puzzle of absence. But maybe the dead have feelings too. That, when you think about it, is the premise of a great many ghost stories, and also of
Scream To The Shadows, his ingenious and affecting compilation of horror stories to date." -
New Straits TimesAuthor Biography
Tunku Halim is a Malaysian novelist, short story, non-fiction writer, and lawyer. His novel Vermillion Eye was a study text at the National University of Singapore. By delving into Malay myth, legends, and folklore, his writing is regarded as ‘World Gothic.’ His novel Last Breath was described as taking a step away from the genre into "a mixture of character drama, satire, alternate history, and magic realism."
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