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October 2023

A quest for love and glory
In 1985 an American man departed the Philippines in a sailboat and, 13 days later, illegally entered Vietnam where he hoped to find a young woman he’d…
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How to live in Hanoi - a dated story set in 2002AD
On renting a house in Vietnam's capital the old fashioned way.
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On the Foreign Man's timeless delusions
This satirical story was first published by Eastlit in 2014.
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September 2023

The Greatest Story Ever Told (about Uzbeki Fred in Hanoi)
This well-spun yarn about a wild-eyed expat in turn of the century Hanoi was first published by Eastlit in 2014. It has been brushed up a bit. Hopefully…
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'The Lake of Hoan Kiem' - a hundred-year-old Hanoi ballad
Who was the first Irishman to visit Hanoi? We'll never know for sure but the following tale does at least tell us he might have a) arrived with no money…
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Our magical, humdrum Hanoi lives
Old pals have likely read this one but for new-er subscribers, here's a paean to me and my buddies' Salad Days, when we didn't need speedometers, and…
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August 2023

June 2023

Into the hereafter
A piece of satirical fiction about the online reaction to a man's disappearance in Vietnam.
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In the studio of lost youth – a (very minor) San Franciscan mystery for the ages
A short piece of non-fiction, which is based on a fake memory that everyone else forgot to make up.
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May 2023

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