Shadow Play: Ten Tales from the In-between is a collection of fantastical and interconnected stories written by Sarina Dahlan. At first glance the characters may appear unrelated: A girl living with a silent grandmother in World War II-era Bangkok, a septuagenarian writing his memoir in upstate New York, a kampong witch doctor, the residents of a rundown hotel in the Tenderloin district, lost souls in Central Park. Yet, they are all connected by a karmic web across time. By turns unexpected, funny, heartbreaking, and horrifying, this debut collection is an excursion into the strange and the magical hidden in the mundane. A fusion of the realistic and the supernatural that explores the concept of self by those stuck in-between. www.sarinadahlan.com SHADOW PLAY A thirteen-year-old girl's anti-coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of WWII Bangkok. Bangkok, Thailand, 1942 GLIMMER GLASS A retired war journalist struggles to write a memoir. Cooperstown, U.S.A., 2001 THE WITCH DOCTOR A fifteen-year-old girl finds hope through a neighborhood healer during a great flood. Bangkok, Thailand, 1942 CALL ME BLUE A young woman from a small California desert town tells a story about her magical grandmother. California Desert, U.S.A., 1994 LOVE ME, TENDER Residents of a rundown hotel in the Tenderloin District search for a beloved fortune teller who has mysteriously gone missing. San Francisco, U.S.A., 1998 GHOST MOON A woman employs an unorthodox method to find an anchor in the aftermath of loss. New York City, U.S.A., 2018 DUST BOUND A man's path to self-discovery through a mysterious handwriting in an old book. Bangkok, Thailand, 2017 THE WOMAN IN THE GARDEN A photographer attempts to prove the existence of a woman no one believes is real. San Diego, U.S.A., 2011 THE BENCH A bizarre and unexpected gathering of lost souls in Central Park. New York City, U.S.A., 2026 *Silver Honorable Mention, Writers of the Future, 3rd Quarter 2018 JASMINE WATER Where it all began. Bangkok, Siam, 1904