Cerpen yang diinspirasi oleh melankolia istimewa kota Istanbul.

Empat sekawan satu hari dirahmati tuhan dengan rezeki terpijak. Mereka kemudian mengharungi perjalanan roler koster merentasi syurga dan neraka, sebelum akhirnya menyedari dunia ini penuh dengan bandit.

Cerita-cerita yang tak lepas masuk Pendek Mabuk Gila. Tak akan jumpa dalam Edisi Pertama & Kedua. Rilek sini sudah.

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Kisah seorang loser yang agak mendebarkan.

Azman cuba lari dari masa silamnya kerana dia tidak mahu hidupnya yang dulu. Dia cuba bina hidup baru di tanah asing dan menjadi Azman yang baru. Itu misi utamanya. Kehadiran Lisa di sisinya sedikit sebanyak memberi satu sinar cahaya harapan buat dirinya. Cinta yang gagal dulu bukan lagi penghujung kisah cinta Azman. Walau pun Lisa cuma tahu sedikit sahaja tentang latar belakang Azman, tapi dia tetap terus berkawan dengan Azman. Namun, sepucuk e-mail yang tidak disangka-sangka diterima oleh Azman. Kisah lamanya terbongkar satu per satu. Lisa mula mengenali siapa Azman sebenarnya dan semua rahsia-rahsianya yang dahulu kini diketahui Lisa.

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses.

Fanny Price is a young girl from a large and relatively poor family, who is taken from them at age 10 to be raised by her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas, a baronet, and Lady Bertram, of Mansfield Park. She had previously lived with her own parents, Lieut. Price and his wife, Frances (Fanny), Lady Bertram's sister. She is the second child and eldest daughter, with seven siblings born after her. She has a firm attachment to her older brother, William, who at the age of 12 has followed his father into the navy. With so many mouths to feed on a limited income, Fanny's mother is grateful for the opportunity to send Fanny away to live with her fine relatives.

“But we’re not doing it for money. Kitorang terpaksa.” kata aku. “What exactly do you mean by terpaksa?!” “Terpaksa... Sebab family kitorang ni – how to put it delicately? – very unique.”