This landmark anthology of short fiction presents an electrifying group of voices from Singapore: Alfian bin Sa'at, Jeffrey Lim, Tan Mei Ching, Claire Tham, and Dave Chua. The tales they tell are graphic, gritty, and evocative, examining the lives of an array of complex characters, tormented by dilemmas that nonetheless go on to shape and direct them. Telltale is a collection shedding new light on a budding literature of international merit.