Amber Issue 1 - Feb 21

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rui horui is an aspiring writer who specialises in writing queer fluff and angst, and oftenhyperfixates on incredibly specific topics. in their free time, they like to cry over ancientchinese sword gays and struggle through learning multiple languages at once. otherwise,they can be found on archive of our own (ao3) as ruiconteur.Shaun LohShaun Loh is a Year 6 student at Raffles Institution. His fiction and poetry works havebeen published in school, national and international anthologies. He serves as the Editorin-Chiefof his school newspaper, Raffles Press.Soh Yong XiangYong Xiang is a student. He likes writing, going for walks and eating dim sum.Silvia SusenoSilvia Suseno, currently a student at Yale-NUS College, is a writer who aims, with thecadence and nuance of each word, to capture the most fleeting moments and emotions.She was involved in the pilot run of Project LIVEpress by Ethos Books, whichculminated in her poems published in the anthology Unhomed in 2016. In 2018, she wasa finalist in the Science Chronicles. She was also awarded the merit prize in the EdwinThumboo Prize 2020.Tang SumiTang Sumi is a Year 5 Film student at the School of the Arts and was previously aLiterary Arts student. Her poetry has been published in ZUBIR: A SOTA Literary ArtsAnthology, although she often prefers to pretend her writing prior to 2018 doesn’t exist.The greatest discovery of her life was learning how to arrange words in a way that letsyou sink into an atmosphere of quiet yearning, a single suspended moment in everydaylife. She firmly believes that the pinnacle of reactions to your writing are incoherentkeysmashes and the sobbing emoji.Tristan TanTristan Tan is a student who likes to dabble in the realms of poetry and songwriting. Anemerging poet and a seasoned guitarist, Tristan sinks great amounts of thought into hisworks to push the boundaries of his poems and songs alike. When not pondering theintricacies of everyday life, he likes to put his time to good uses, such as bingeing sitcomson Netflix and procrastinating on project work.58
© Amber: The Teenage ChapbookIssue 1 | February 2021
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ForewordThe three of us all met at
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Cloud NineLiang Li Yeeyou wait for
Page 8 and 9: EATING WELL.rochelle leeHer love is
Page 10 and 11: i hoard stones in glass houses.riel
Page 12 and 13: AcceptanceAlice ShenWhy must I be l
Page 14 and 15: Kate sees them in real life.After a
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Page 18 and 19: “But Mrs Lee—” The teacher tu
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Page 24 and 25: first hungerEmmy Kwanit was cold.pu
Page 26 and 27: kintsugiAthenabroken pottery in the
Page 28 and 29: instructions for self-destructionCh
Page 30 and 31: The StumpTristan Tanits lines rise
Page 32 and 33: I hadn’t begun going through his
Page 34 and 35: My eyelids met as I sank into a pil
Page 36 and 37: As I approached, he shifted his gaz
Page 38 and 39: 3 a.m.Silvia Susenotoo late at nigh
Page 40 and 41: acceptance.Tang Sumiafter “concep
Page 42 and 43: —sunset on venus—Tang Sumiif yo
Page 44 and 45: kindness sown among the meek is har
Page 46 and 47: “I’m home,” she announces to
Page 48 and 49: The shouting fades, and now her mot
Page 50 and 51: for a while. It’s okay if you don
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