THE PONTIANAK, IN FICTION The following is one of a pairs of essays I wrote as a Stretch Goal for A PERFECT WIFE. Pretty basic stuff for hantu aficionados, of course. But it is designed as orientation for GMs / players who are unfamiliar with the Malaysian context—a primer of the pontianak’s pop-cultural significance; an author’s note for why I wanted to treat her story the way I did. This essay—alongside another essay titled “The Supernatural, in Southeast Asia—will appear as app...| Zedeck Siew's Writing Hours
A PERFECT WIFE (It is Vampire Weekend! Have a pontianak-themed urban-horror investigative adventure. I wrote it with Kuala Lumpur in mind, but it should work for any big city just fine.) +++ DISAPPEARANCES An inner-city neighbourhood, too ugly for gentrification. Refugees have settled here. They fled war in their own country. But they have not escaped violence. People work basement sweatshops, or clean toilets in nightclubs. They stumble home in the morning dark. At dawn, their neighbours fin...| Zedeck Siew's Writing Hours