We know that vampires and ghosts don’t exist. Or maybe they do? Better to know what to expect from a pontianak spirit — before they eat your organs. This is the third installment of a six-part story by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, excerpted exclusively from...
This is the second installment of a six-part story by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski. In the first installment, the Geneva-based author took us to Indonesia to meet the sultan of a city built on a ghost story. In this installment, excerpted exclusively from...
Paul Spencer Sochaczewski taps his fertile imagination and vast knowledge of Southeast Asia in this short story, his fourth published by News-Decoder. Previously, the Geneva-based writer entertained readers with alluring yarns about the South China Sea, Borneo and...
By Jonathan Thatcher After the world’s largest ever democratic election in a single day last week, Indonesia’s 20-year-old democracy is looking reassuringly predictable. There was even an indignant post-election sulk by the losing candidate, who claimed, as he did...
An evangelical Christian whisks four men from a remote Indonesian island to Israel, part of a life-long effort to gather the world’s “lost” Jews. (Photo taken on Kisar island in March 2018 by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski) This is a story of serendipity and of remarkable...