An Excerpt from “Coffins Patch”

Rachel Heng's first novel, Suicide Club (Henry Holt, 2018), was named a most-anticipated read of 2018 by publications such as Huffington Post, Gizmodo, Bustle, the Irish Times, New Scientist, ELLE, and Rumpus, and will be translated into ten languages worldwide. Heng’s short fiction received a Pushcart Prize Special Mention, Prairie Schooner's Jane Geske Award, and been published in Glimmer Train, Prairie Schooner, The Offing, and elsewhere. She has been the recipient of grants and fellowships from Fine Arts Work Center, National Arts Council of Singapore, and Michener Center for Writers.