Covid 19 – Tom Vater

Howl – Face Masks & Hand Gels anthology – A Year of Living Covidly

March 1, 2021June 13, 2021tomLeave a Comment

Very happy to have one of my short stories – Bag Times at the Blue Parrot – published in Face Masks and Hand Gels, a Covid-inspired literary anthology published by the Howl Literary Cooperative in Cambodia. Read Bag Times at the Blue Parrot here.

Short story ‘Bag Time at the Blue Parrot’ in new anthology ‘Face Masks and Hand Gels: A Year of Living Covidly’

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020tomLeave a Comment

My short story Bag Times at the Blue Parrot is soon to be published in a new anthology published by Howl in Cambodia. Face Masks and Hand Gels: A Year of Living Covidly is the first book by the literary organization. Howl’s founder, Wayne McCallum says, “The book features poems and prose from the Lockdown […]

Ko Pha Ngan: Thailand’s tropical refuge, then and now – My long read at Travelfish

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020tomLeave a Comment

My latest reportage is a long read on the island of Koh Phangan in Thailand, with eye witness accounts going back to the 1940s. I arrived on Koh Phangan on March 17th 2020 to update a German language guidebook on the Gulf islands. A few days after my arrival, the update was canceled, thanks to […]

Thai tropical paradise finds opportunity in adversity – in The Nikkei Asian Review

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020tomLeave a Comment

My latest story with Laure Siegel in the Nikkei Asian Review from our temporary lockdown sanctuary, Koh Phangan in Thailand. KOH PHANGAN, Thailand — In the late afternoon sun, a long line of sandals snakes down the beachfront road in Thong Sala, the main town on Koh Phangan, a tourist island in the Gulf of […]