New Naratif's Flash Fiction

Cerita sureal tentang kerusakan alam dan bagaimana hal tersebut berhubungan dengan homofobia, karena keduanya sama-sama didorong oleh horor kosmik yang misterius. Akhirnya, kita mengakhiri season ini dengan karya sureal tentang kerusakan lingkungan seiring imaji monster, kebobrokan ekonomi, borosnya penggunaan hasil alam, guilty pleasures, dan sedikit petanda tentang queerphobia terinternalisasi, semua dimampatkan dalam horor kosmik yang puitis. Walau tidak dengan jelas memotret elemen yang bisa diidentifikasi sebagai elemen queer atau ekologi, karya Yi Feng mampu menangkap nuansa asing seputar ekologi queer dalam atmosfer ini. Baca artikelnya di ⁠https://newnaratif.com/id/pengerukan/ Diproduseri oleh Dania Joedo, dinarasikan oleh Bonnibel Rambatan, diterjemahkan oleh Gisela Swaragita. Our movement needs your support. A movement is only as strong as its members. If you believe in a more democratic Southeast Asia, join New Naratif as a member ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://newnaratif.com/product/membership

A surreal story on environmental decay and how it parallels internalised homophobia as both seem to be driven by an unknown cosmic horror. Finally, we end this season with a surreal piece on environmental decay as imageries of monsters, economic collapse, gross ecological excesses, guilty pleasures, and hints of internalised queerphobia all coalesce into a blend of poetic cosmic horror. While not explicitly portraying identifiable elements of queerness and ecology, Yi Feng’s piece manages to capture the ambient strangeness of queer ecology in its atmosphere. Read the article on ⁠https://newnaratif.com/dredge/ Produced by Dania Joedo, narrated by Bonnibel Rambatan Our movement needs your support. A movement is only as strong as its members. If you believe in a more democratic Southeast Asia, join New Naratif as a member ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://newnaratif.com/product/membership

A little duck misses its human friend who always shows up during the special occasion of Loy Krathong, but stops showing up as the human had met an untimely, albeit expected, death. It’s not only humans that can feel loss and longing from an unexpected and untimely death. Jing Ying Yeo’s work explores the emotional impact of human death on nonhuman animals, subverting the tired ecological trope that nature would be better off without humans. In this beautiful work, a little duck is saddened by the death of a human kin, the reasons of which are left to the reader’s interpretation. Read the article on https://newnaratif.com/a-little-ducks-longing Produced by Dania Joedo, narrated by Sarah Hana Our movement needs your support. A movement is only as strong as its members. If you believe in a more democratic Southeast Asia, join New Naratif as a member ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://newnaratif.com/product/membership

Seekor bebek merindukan kawan manusianya yang selalu datang selama perayaan Loy Krathong. Pertemuan mereka harus terhenti setelah sang manusia meninggal. Tidak hanya manusia yang dapat merasakan kehilangan dan kerinduan akibat kematian mendadak. Karya Jing Ying mengeksplorasi dampak emosional kematian manusia pada binatang, membalik stereotip lawas yang menganggap alam akan lebih baik tanpa manusia. Dalam karya yang indah ini, si bebek kecil merasakan duka akibat kematian sahabat manusianya. Mengapa? Alasannya menjadi pekerjaan rumah pembaca untuk mengartikannya sendiri. Baca artikelnya di https://newnaratif.com/id/kerinduan-si-bebek-kecil/ Diproduseri oleh Dania Joedo, dinarasikan oleh Sarah Hana, diterjemahkan oleh Gisela Swaragita. Our movement needs your support. A movement is only as strong as its members. If you believe in a more democratic Southeast Asia, join New Naratif as a member ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://newnaratif.com/product/membership

 Dalam kereta, seorang queer mengingat kembali bagaimana kampung halamannya terbakar, seperti halnya orang yang ia sukai dari pesantren dibunuh. Berbicara tentang pasangan gay yang harus menempuh jalan berat berliku, Himas memotret cerita yang amat indah tentang cinta, kehilangan, dan kerinduan. Sementara karyanya sebelumnya memotret dunia yang penuh potensi kebebasan di tengah berbagai tantangan, ceritanya kali ini mengisahkan tentang kehilangan dan kesepian yang harus ditanggung orang queer yang tidak punya banyak sumber daya.  Seperti kejahatan kebencian dan dampak eksploitasi lingkungan dalam keseharian mereka. Baca artikelnya di https://newnaratif.com/id/laju/ Diproduseri oleh Dania Joedo, dinarasikan oleh Sarah Hana Our movement needs your support. A movement is only as strong as its members. If you believe in a more democratic Southeast Asia, join New Naratif as a member ⁠⁠⁠https://newnaratif.com/product/membership

On a train, a queer person reminisces how their hometown was burned down just as their gay love interest from a pesantren was murdered. Speaking of gay couples in hardships, Himas portrays yet another beautiful story of love, loss, and longing. While her previous entry presents a world of potential liberation in the midst of impossible challenges, this current story tells of the soul-crushing loss and loneliness that queer people of lesser resources face from hate crime and environmental exploitation on a regular basis. Read the article on https://newnaratif.com/go-on/ Produced by Dania Joedo, narrated by Sarah Hana, translated by Gisela Swaragita Our movement needs your support. A movement is only as strong as its members. If you believe in a more democratic Southeast Asia, join New Naratif as a member ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://newnaratif.com/product/membership

A retelling of the old Timun Mas tale as a forbidden queer love story in parallel to the in-story writer’s own, as told to a child of a gay couple. With two stories where one frames the other, Bageur presents yet another exploration of queer ecology within indigenous cultures with his unique retelling of the Indonesian folktale of Timun Mas. This in itself is beautiful, but the frame story of a gay dad telling this story to his son–and especially the context thereof–is a true stroke of genius. Read the article on ⁠⁠https://newnaratif.com/timun-mas-tale/ Produced and narrated by Dania Joedo, translated by Gisela Swaragita Our movement needs your support. A movement is only as strong as its members. If you believe in a more democratic Southeast Asia, join New Naratif as a member ⁠⁠⁠https://newnaratif.com/product/membership⁠

Dongeng Timun Mas dituturkan kembali sebagai cinta terlarang queer, sebuah pararel dengan kisah pribadi pendongengnya, yang dituturkan kepada anak dari pasangan gay. Dalam cerita berbingkai ini, Bageur mengisahkan eksplorasi ekologi queer yang lain dalam budaya asli dengan caranya yang unik untuk menceritakan dongeng Indonesia, Timun Mas. Cerita ini sendiri begitu indah, namun dengan bingkai cerita ayah gay yang mendongengkan kisah ini ke anaknya—dan terutama konteksnya—membuat cerita ini bagai guratan pena seorang jenius. Baca artikelnya di https://newnaratif.com/id/kisah-timun-mas/ Diproduseri dan dinarasikan oleh Dania Joedo Our movement needs your support. A movement is only as strong as its members. If you believe in a more democratic Southeast Asia, join New Naratif as a member ⁠⁠⁠https://newnaratif.com/product/membership

A trans woman dances as a way to connect with her own body and her two queer partners, and to provide energy for their electric bikes in a post-apocalyptic world. Another exploration of traditional elements, Korionto’s work sets itself under the hints of a post-apocalyptic world where abandoned temples host power cells and dancing can recharge batteries. But it’s not really the dancing that gives energy–it’s the collective care that queer people show one another, the care needed to be able to overcome their internalised transphobia and other prejudices, allowing them to love themselves fully. Read the article on ⁠https://newnaratif.com/battery/ Produced by Dania Joedo, narrated by Bonnibel Rambatan and Sarah Hana. Our movement needs your support. A movement is only as strong as its members. If you believe in a more democratic Southeast Asia, join New Naratif as a member ⁠⁠https://newnaratif.com/product/membership

Seorang transpuan menari sebagai caranya berhubungan dengan tubuhnya dan dengan dua partner queernya, dan untuk membangkitkan listrik untuk sepeda listrik mereka di dunia setelah kiamat. Satu lagi eksplorasi elemen tradisional, karya Korionto menggambarkan dunia pasca-apokalips. Dalam cerita ini, candi-candi yang tertinggal ternyata mengandung sel-sel pembangkit tenaga listrik, sementara menari bisa mengisi daya baterai. Namun, sebenarnya bukan kegiatan berjogetnya yang memberikan energi, tapi kepedulian kolektif yang diperlihatkan orang queer satu sama lain, kepedulian untuk dapat mengatasi transfobia yang bercokol dalam diri mereka sendiri serta prasangka-prasangka lain, memperbolehkan mereka untuk mencintai diri mereka sendiri secara utuh. Baca artikelnya di ⁠https://newnaratif.com/id/baterai/ Diproduseri oleh Dania Joedo, dinarasikan oleh Bonnibel Rambatan dan Sarah Hana, diterjemahkan oleh Gisela Swaragita Our movement needs your support. A movement is only as strong as its members. If you believe in a more democratic Southeast Asia, join New Naratif as a member ⁠⁠⁠https://newnaratif.com/product/membership⁠