A Strange Case of Erasure

In this surreal debut, a finalist for the 2026 Epigram Books Fiction Prize, Seok Lin begins to physically disappear as the invisible labour of caring for her family consumes her. Bonding with an AI assistant while literally fading from view, she confronts the psychological toll of unseen motherhood and domestic caregiving. Jaclyn Lim uses speculative fiction to make visible the quiet erasure of women's inner lives.