Truancy 3 comes at the end of a very trying year for the entire planet. It is a time that… Read more Editorial: Issue Three of Truancy, December 2016

1 A young man with flashing dark eyes strode out of an elaborate and imposing wooden edifice. His walked swiftly,… Read more “Princess of the Bamboo” by Tutu Dutta

Indra Das’ remarkable debut, The Devourers, opens on a conversation between two nocturnal wanderers at a concert in Kolkata. The… Read more Indrapramit Das’s The Devourers reviewed by Arun Jiwa

Magdalena could swim before she could walk. She could hum the songs of the sea before she could speak. When… Read more “Daughter of the Sea” by George Nikolopoulos

You have heard of the princess with skin white as snow. I will tell you the truth of it. She… Read more “Blood Red and Raven Black” by Shannon Phillips

August 8, 2003 Hi Andrew! It’s been a couple weeks since you saw me down at the lake near Eggstätt.… Read more “Love, Your Wolpertinger” by Dantzel Cherry

Continued from Part One… “Do you never fear?” she had asked him once, drawing her fingers up and down his… Read more “The Huntsmen”, Part Two by Mari Ness

What she felt was only the first stirrings of pain. It rose from within, spreading up to her navel and… Read more “The Two Princes” by Maizura Abas

Stephani Soejono’s Tale of the Bidadari is a short graphic novel based on the Orang Bunian stories of West Sumatra.… Read more Stephani Soejono’s Tale of the Bidadari reviewed by Nin Harris

Editorial by Nin Harris Fiction The Two Princes by Maizura Abas Princess of the Bamboo by Tutu Dutta The Huntsmen,… Read more Issue Three, December 2016 of Truancy