Hello and welcome to the first podcast for the month of June 2025, issue 2.25.

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The first story of this month is titled Emily of Emerald Starship.

This is by Ng I. Xung.

Ng Yishung is a Singaporean writer.

He is published a collection of his poems entitled Last Boy, which won the Singapore Literature Prize and a documentary book

on gay, lesbian, and bisexual Singaporeans called SQ21, Singapore Queers in the 21st Century

in 2006.

Ng lived in Hong Kong with his parents for three years during his childhood.

On his return to Singapore, he attended the Anglo-Chinese

school. He graduated from Columbia University, where he majored in comparative literature and writing. He

completed an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia in 2014. In 1998, he won

first prize in the NUS Poetry Competition, and in 2003 fared similarly at the Writers' Week Poetry Slam.

His performed plays include Serv, The Ordinary Theater, Snake, Stage Right, Red Hill Blues, Creative

Arts Alumni Program, Hungary, and in 2007, Ng completed his work on 251 a play about the life of Singaporean porn star Annabel Chong and Georgette, a musical about the artist Georgette Chen.

So, my dear listener, I hope that you can sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

He told me his mother was a spacecraft.

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