Rachel Heng is a Singaporean novelist and the author of literary dystopian novel Suicide Club (2018) and award-winning The Great Reclamation (2023). Her short fiction has been published in many literary journals including The New Yorker, Glimmer Train, Tin House, and The Minnesota Review. Her fiction has received recognition from the Pushcart Prize, the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence, and the New American Voices Award by the Institute for Immigration Research, and she has been profiled by the BBC, Electric Literature, and other publications.
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2026
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Opening Excerpt
From the storyNo sooner did the words leave his mouth than the man’s eyelids fluttered open. “No . . . police,” he said.
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Emotional Weight
4.0 / 5
Bittersweet
Narrative Pacing
3.8 / 5
Moderate
Literary Style
1.6 / 5
Direct & Minimalist
Speculative / Reality
2.6 / 5
Realistic / Mimetic
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker October 12, 2026 · Oct 12, 2026
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