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Growing up was never meant to be easy for Michelle Tan. Her older sister Meredith lies in a hospital ward, unconscious and barely breathing. Sorrow-stricken, the younger girl dives headfirst into her memories – the first time Meredith taught her how to swim, their first mid-autumn festival together and her father’s untimely departure. But that only accounts for Michelle’s worldly worries. She also thinks she’s being followed. By what – she can’t exactly put a finger on. Clumsily, she navigates the arduous process of growing up and coming to terms with who she truly is while a supernatural enigma looms.

Young Constable Michael Chakrabarti experiences strange happenings during his night shifts. Mysterious recurring phone calls from an exasperated girl, a ferocious, shadowy lion of mythological origin; there doesn’t seem to be an end to the peculiarity that haunts him. Demystifying the unknown has consequences.

Captain Ishaan heads the newly-inaugurated Department of Supernatural Oddities. Shouldering the burden of being at the forefront of a revolution in science that could potentially decipher the supernatural, Ishaan soon realises that he might be too close to the puzzle for his own good. Can he truly exorcise the demons of his past?

Reality is a luxury. The Truth is never linear.
Malcom Seah is a Singapore-based writer who is currently pursuing a Bsc. in Economics.

In the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize, he attained a long-list finish. Swimming Lessons is his debut novel.

He is also a struggling full-time dog-dad to a grumpy Chihuahua-Maltese and an enthusiastic Bichon.

Malcom apologises for the diminutive author bio, courtesy of him only turning 23 in 2024. You can grow up with him on Instagram @malcomseah.

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Swimming Lessons