Difference Engine focuses on stories told by Southeast Asian creators, often drawing on local traditions and lifestyles, across a wide range of genres. Their catalog includes the middle-grade graphic novel Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma,the story of a grandmother/grandchild superhero duo that mixes action and adventure with the reality of the grandmother’s dementia; Magical Sweet Gula, featuring a magical girl who has the power to turn ordinary objects into cakes and other desserts; Afterlife, a young adult fantasy/romance; Two Tails, another YA title, this one about a girl trapped in a cat’s body; the nonfiction graphic novel Bearing Witness, about postpartum depression and miscarriage; and Work-Life Balance: Malevolent Managers and Folkloric Freelancers, which won the Book of the Year and Best Literary Work prizes at the 2023 Singapore Book Awards.
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