Stay or go. Love or fish.

Stripping aside a shiny veneer of pretense, Lynette Teo uses a mixture of haikus and freeform poetry to reveal the secret desires and struggles of a youth spent dreaming of Japan. Come, discover what Koi means.

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[The “koi - digital edition/ebook” is sold in PDF format.]

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Lynette Teo is a writer with a background in psychology from the University of Cambridge. After a two-year stint writing listicles, they went on to obtain an MA in Writing from the University of Warwick. Their interests lie in science fiction and fantasy with works published in anthologies and zines in Singapore and the UK. They have also dabbled in scriptwriting, translation, and podcasting, and are always looking for new platforms to tell stories.