Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
Kindle Countdown Deal for 'Insignia: Best Asian Speculative Fiction 2020' If you didn't read last year's Best Asian Speculative Fiction 2020 anthology, now's your chance to grab a copy from Amazon.com! The sale will start at 12AM PST time at just 99c, then rise back to the full price of $2.99 by midnight, so get... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and summer/winter break. I went up in the mountains, to Takayama in Gifu. One of my favorite places in Japan! It has a lovely historical town, plus nice onsen (hot springs) and snowy mountain peaks. And the food is amazing. I highly recommend a... Continue Reading →
I have the perfect book recommendation for Horror Matsuri - Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, edited by Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn and just released on September 26, 2020. I picked this up yesterday and can't wait to read it! And how awesome is this cover? Blurb: Almond-eyed celestial, the filial daughter, the perfect... Continue Reading →
The final story in Insignia: Southeast Asian Fantasy is a moving Vietnamese piece by UK based author, Eliza Chan. 'Spirit of Regret' by Eliza Chan I had read the same line thirty times. No matter how I tried, I could not find meaning in the words. Sighing, I looked up and realised the street lights... Continue Reading →
Here's an excerpt from the second Filipino story in Insignia Vol.3., written by Sheenah Freitas. It is a short piece, based on local folklore and magic. 'The Third Eye' by Sheenah Freitas Some say the only way out of the provinces is to marry someone rich. When a class graduates, it’s almost as if... Continue Reading →
It's a shiny new year, and I don't know about you guys, but I'm excited to start my 2015 Goodreads Reading Challenge.Feel free to follow me and set your own reading target. Also, I'm looking for new Asia-Pacific fantasy fiction books, anthologies, or short stories to share here on The Insignia Series blog. Please post... Continue Reading →
Book of the Week: Xiao Xiao & the Dragon's Pearl By Joyce Chng Blurb: Enter the world of Xiao Xiao, daughter of an imperial courtesan, and a fantastical historical Qing China, with dragons and magic and traditions. What happens when her mother adopts a baby girl found in a rice field? What does - can... Continue Reading →
Great news for one of our Insignia Series authors - Joyce Chng's story, Megumi's Quest, has been selected for inclusion in Twelfth Planet Press' Best of YA Speculative Fiction 2013! Megumi's Quest was first published in Insignia: Japanese Fantasy Stories and we're so thrilled to see the story become available to a much wider... Continue Reading →
We're featuring a light fantasy romance this week, Affinity by LaVerne Clark, published by The Wild Rose Press. It's a fun, sexy story with some great original Japanese mythology used. LaVerne is also a good friend of The Insignia Series and helped proofread Insignia: Japanese Fantasy Stories, so I'd like to give her a shout... Continue Reading →
This week's book is Best Served Chilled by Zoe Adams, published by Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing. It's a short horror novella featuring a Japanese alcohol demon. There's a follow-up story, Best Consumed Within, which I happened to read first, lol! It was a bit confusing, so I recommend you read them in order.... Continue Reading →
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