Now running · The Life of Tan Mei Lin
The story so far
Singapore, 1940. Tan Mei Lin is born healthy into a rich merchant family.
Now it is 1966, and she is 26. In 1966 Confrontation with Indonesia ends, and Singapore's first full year as a country brings a new pledge in the schools and a new law for taking land.
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Every issue is one year of a life, rolled by the dice and set in real history.
Begin at #1 (1940)The cast
Who's who, the family tree, and how they've aged.
Past lives
8
earlier lives the dice have already lived out, from 1940 to 2026.
1940s · issues #1–10
#1 · 1940
The Chair Beside the Bed
#2 · 1941
The Price of Rice
#3 · 1942
The Valuation
1943
#4 · 1943
Small Goods
Story
1944
#5 · 1944
What the Street Shared
Story
1945
#6 · 1945
The Quiet After
Story
1946
#7 · 1946
The Front Room School
Story
1947
#8 · 1947
Short Tempers
Story
1948
#9 · 1948
The Teacher Notices
Story
1949
#10 · 1949
The Fire in the Next Block
Story
1950s · issues #11–20
1950
#11 · 1950
The Old Name
Story
1951
#12 · 1951
The Top of the Market
Story
1952
#13 · 1952
The Prize
Story
1953
#14 · 1953
Book-keeping
Story
1954
#15 · 1954
What He Did in the War
Story
1955
#16 · 1955
The Year of Strikes
Story
1956
#17 · 1956
Uniform Cloth
Story
1957
#18 · 1957
The Singapore Flu
Story
1958
#19 · 1958
The Oldest Girl in the Class
Story
1959
#20 · 1959
The Photograph
Story
1960s · issues #21–27
