Ally Chua

Ally Chua works in the communications industry in Singapore. She has been published in the anthologies for SingPoWriMo 2017 and 2018, as well as Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. She finds inspiration from a variety of sources, including Richard Siken, Leonard Cohen, and zombie video games.

“Selkie”, “Dad,” and “The Lives of Others”

They say that he hid my skin, but what they
do not know is that I threw it into the sea
at high tide, such that it will not drift back
even if I change my mind. I was always the
stubborn one, they said. I must learn to bend,