Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
February is Women in Horror Month, and it's my pleasure to host a small blog series to celebrate the amazing women who contribute to projects here at Insignia Stories. WiHM banner We are an Asian speculative fiction press, with contributors from all over the globe. Our horror works tend to be more dark fantasy than... Continue Reading →
Happy Thanksgiving to our friends and followers in the US! Hope you have a wonderful day with family and/or friends. Today, I'm pleased to share the Amazon release for the Horror Matsuri 2020 ebook! If you pre-ordered a copy (thank you!) it should now be available in your Kindle Library. Regarding non-Amazon sellers, the links... Continue Reading →
The final flash story for Horror Matsuri is by one of my favorite Asian writers...one of my favorite people, in fact, the incredible Joyce Chng! I asked for a werewolf story for Horror Matsuri and she delivered. Enjoy! I SHOULD BE ASLEEP Joyce Chng I should be asleep. They are real. They are out there.... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Week 5 of Horror Matsuri! We'll have another flash story and a poem coming up on Thursday and Friday, plus a blog tour stop on Saturday. Check the calendar here for more details. Today's wonderful contributor, Maggie D. Brace, also had a Persian horror poem published on October 15th. You can check it... Continue Reading →
It's Week 4 of Horror Matsuri, and this is Therese Choon's second publication in the series! Check out her poem 'Qingming; Clarity' if you haven't already. Today, enjoy a very creepy yōkai story 🙂 DECEPTION Therese Choon Yokohama comes alive at nine PM, thriving on flickering neon signs and the faint buzz from low-lying electric... Continue Reading →
I hope you're all enjoying Horror Matsuri so far! Today we have a horror story by Malaysian writer, Deborah Wong. Deborah was featured in our Author Spotlight earlier this week, and is a contributor in the Southeast Asian Fantasy Drabbles anthology (links follow the story). HOUSE #197, ARGYLL ROAD by Deborah Wong Beware of the... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone! I added a new page to the Insignia Stories site today: Horror Matsuri Calendar This page has the upcoming schedule for Horror Matsuri flash fiction and also INSTINCTS poems for October, and I'll be adding in participant's blog tour dates as requested. (I've included my own blog visit on Oct 3rd as a... 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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