‘The phenomenon began with birds flying higher and things falling slower. Now the phenomenon is everywhere and it has changed the way we touch each other. Once one evening, after you’d finished your ice cream, I came close to you and we took our clothes off. Socks floating around the room.’

In these stories worlds fall apart and everyone is looking for an escape.

Exploring possibility and desire, yearning and identity in Singapore, Australia and Jakarta, We Rose Up Slowly is the debut collection of short stories by Jon Gresham.