Young authors of the ‘Stories You Will Never Read’ e-book with editor Megan Wonowidjoyo and Chuah Guat Eng .
The compilation features stories from 12 students of the Faculty of Cinematic Arts of Multimedia University, Johor. She added that the genesis of the e-book was “Mythology and Story-telling”, an intensive two-week course which Chuah conducted for FCA foundation students from 2018-2021. The twelve tales in “Stories You Will Never Read” cover a wide spectrum of human experiences, from family conflicts and unrequited love to death and corruption.
One of the collection’s more moving stories is Ku Aziq Adam’s “What’s Going On, Aliya?” about two young people who must deal with the tough consequences of their actions.“Writing this helped me really discover Malaysian stories. I realised they don’t need to be so traditional, or just be typical folklore. They can be about things we face in our lives, our daily experiences. And those are the stories we should be telling,” said Ku Aziq, 21.