Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
Today, let's celebrate the newly released 'Dragon's Physician' by Joyce Chng! Joyce creates the most exciting worlds, I love her work and think you will too! ~Kelly~ Can Jixin succeed in a world of dragon racing run by powerful women? Can he fight the system and fulfil his dream of becoming a dragon... Continue Reading →
This Chinese demon-world story is just as exciting as the title! Written by the amazing Joyce Chng, who's stories have appeared now in all 4 Insignia Series anthologies. 'I Found Love in an Urn Full of Ashes' by Joyce Chng The entire cave kingdom gathered for the wedding ceremony. The bats escorted the foxes, the... Continue Reading →
Our second story from Singapore is by regular contributor, Joyce Chng! Her previous stories have been YA fantasy, but this one is definitely for the adult category this time around. 🙂 'Running from Shadows' by Joyce Chng Siri took her time climbing the stairs leading to the nightclub. She could hear the steady techno bass... Continue Reading →
Insignia Series contributor, Joyce Chng, has a new novella out, released under the pen name J.Damask. 'Wolf at the Door' by J. Damask Blurb: Book 1 of the Jan Xu novels Being an ex-teen vigilante comes with its own set of problems. Housewife, ex-teen vigilante…and shape-shifting wolf…Jan Xu has enough problems without adding her sister’s... 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 →
This week, we'd like to share a few excerpt's from the short stories in 'Insignia: Chinese Fantasy Stories'. Joyce Chng contributed two stories to this anthology, both are Young Adult urban fantasy stories. Looking for Trouble by Joyce Chng The old man is watching me. A pair of brown eyes set in a face... Continue Reading →
Insignia: Chinese Fantasy Stories is coming soon! We're just finalizing the list of stories and proofreading etc now. I thought I'd share the cover today 😀 This volume is a little shorter than the Japanese anthology, but we have six stories with mixed themes and sub-genres for you.  We can't wait to share more... Continue Reading →
This week's book preview is Riders, by Singaporean indie author, Joyce Chng. Joyce writes exciting YA fantasy and urban fantasy stories, and she's a short story contributor to The Insignia Series and Visibility Fiction. View her profile here. Rider (The Rider Trilogy Book 1) Blurb: Li-Fang has a way with nature. So she is sent... Continue Reading →
Joyce Chng's story, Megumi's Quest is the second story in Insignia: Japanese Fantasy Stories. I met Joyce through Visibility Fiction and really love her edgy, Asian, urban-fantasy short stories. She's a great YA writer and I'm thrilled to have her work in this anthology 😀 Here's the opening scene: Megumi's Quest Megumi heaved herself up the... Continue Reading →
