Or Else, the Lightning God & Other Stories is a collection of eighteen short stories by Catherine Lim, first published by Heinemann in 1980 under the Writing in Asia Series.

The book follows the success of Little Ironies: Stories of Singapore, published two years ago by the same author.

Both these two collections were used as set texts by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate for GCE 'O' Levels.

Examined in 1989 and 1990, Or Else, the Lightning God & Other Stories was the first Singapore book to be used.

They focus on the snobbery, selfishness, prejudice and ignorance of the characters.