HKWC Anthologies
Here you can find Simon's contributions to Hong Kong Writers Circle (HKWC) anthologies, the most recent at the top.
Lost in Transition
The End of the Line
High on drugs Toby catches the last MTR train of the night, not yet grasping the fact that he's dead. The train takes him to the end of the line, conveniently located under Pok Fu Lam cemetery.
After the Storm
Two and A Half with a Twist
Abusing the power that comes with being a billionaire’s daughter, Tempest Tai pulls strings to appoint herself curator of an exhibition showcasing Hong Kong’s culture. With disastrous results.
Masking the City
Chasing the Green Dragon
When their fee for a dodgy IPO is paid in drug-tainted cash, the directors of an investment bank must decide what to do with thirteen million dollars stacked up on their boardroom table, preferably without being arrested for money laundering.
Coming to Our Senses
(Mis)(Dis)placement
A respectable expatriate is fired by his employer of thirty years – and by his wife. Desperate to move on, he stumbles into having dinner with a woman from a very different background.
Hong Kong Highs And Lows
A Waste of Cool
A banker obsesses over his new Ferrari and the symbols of status that come with the corner office. In the space of a single afternoon he manages to blow the lot in one spectacular incident.
Hong Kong Gothic
Tattoo Me
Over drinks in a grotty SOHO bar, a vampire pours her heart out to her next meal – lamenting her inability to find love, or get a tattoo. The latter being more important.
Another Hong Kong
Interview with the Old Guy
Nearing the end of his life, an old man looks back on the changes he has witnessed in the city he calls home. Smoking now legalised drugs does nothing for his coherence.
Of Gods And Mobsters
From Mount Olympus: The Expatriate Experience
If Persephone, and the other gods of Greek mythology were transported to modern Hong Kong, just how degenerate would they become?