How to Start a Cult in Singapore

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Dark Humor, Satire, Cultural Fiction, Dark Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Short Stories

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Profanity and Violence

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May 3, 2026

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How to Start a Cult in Singapore

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Singapore short stories: losers, grifters, cults, devils, rats and scams in Asia's cleanest city.

How to Start a Cult in Singapore is a short-story collection about middle-aged losers trapped in gutter situations: cults, manhood labs, crypto scams, rats, devils, conspiracy freaks, bad business ideas and worse life choices. A misfit tries to build a cult out of rubbish points, paranoia and loneliness. A dying man bargains with the Devil. An old teacher squares off with a young incel. In a future Singapore, the state harvests human trauma for spare change.

Dark, grotesque Singapore literary fiction that is satirical, paranoid, irreverent, blackly comic and completely unwholesome. No soft-piano HDB nostalgia. Only what festers underneath.

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Genres

Dark Humor, Satire, Cultural Fiction, Dark Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Short Stories

Trigger Warnings

Profanity and Violence

Type of Ending

Series

First in series

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Publication Date

May 3, 2026

Page Length

121 pages

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Author

Ricky Lim is an independent Singaporean writer of fiction and non-fiction. His work explores life, culture, and history, with a focus on what lies beneath the surface. He has previously published thirteen books under various pen names, covering an eclectic range of subjects including metaphysics, extreme music, UFOs, gamebooks, and self-improvement, and continues to experiment across forms and themes.