3,000 people go missing every year in Singapore. Ninety per cent of them are eventually found, but this means about 300 people remain missing. Why do they go missing? What do they leave behind?

Using real-life cases of missing people as inspiration, Vanishing Point examines the theme of disappearance. First published in 2012, the 10 short stories by award-winning author Felix Cheong are now adapted into a graphic novel. The10 artists featured include veterans like Cheah Sinann, Arif Rafhan and Paul Eric Roca, as well as up-and-coming illustrators such as Isaac Fook, Yolk Chan and Sarah Haider.

Nominated for the Frank O’Connor Award in 2013, Vanishing Point includes two stories, “True Singapore Ghost Story” and “The Boy with the Missing Thumb”, that were used as GCE ‘O’ level Literature texts.

By turns wry, funny, horrifying and scary, the stories have been critically acclaimed as “a powerful exploration of the individual encountering his own mortality” (Nancy Srebo Park), “unnerving, wonderfully nasty tales” (Gwee Li Sui) and “subversive of the values of the global city” (Boey Kim Cheng).  

Felix Cheong is the author of 26 books across different genres. He has also published four graphic novels, including the noir detective series Sprawl. Winner of the NAC Young Artist Award in 2000, Felix holds a masters in Creative Writing. He is currently an adjunct lecturer with the National University of Singapore, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Murdoch University, Curtin University and University of Newcastle.

The illustrators featured include Arif Rafhan, Peter Loh, Cheah Sinann, Ali Hamzah, Eko, Ong Chao Hong, Sarah Haider, Paul Eric Roca, Yolk Chan and Isaac Fook. Cover artwork by Loo Fang Kai.

A graphic novel adapted from a collection of short stories centred around the theme of disappearance.

• Each story is undertaken by a different artist for their own take of the theme  
• Entertaining, evocative and insightful stories that will resonate with readers