The only point of contention I have here is that I would not consider Rushdie to be a magical realist (most of the time). A great deal of his work is flat-out fantasy, even when he tries to write otherwise. I tend to think of magical realism as heavily subdued fantasy. For me, Rushdie is everything but subdued.

But that’s nothing to do with Fakinou, who sounds very interesting indeed!

It’s always encouraging to hear Malaysian fantasy and scifi writing is going places. And mentioned in a previous post, Malaysia has such a rich folklore of beliefs, superstitions and things that go bump in the night, that I knew I had to write my stories based on it.

I’m definitely going to check each of your lovely links, as there’s a lot more reading and research I need to do of local works. Keep up the good work, and much thanks again!