Insignia 2020
By Kelly Matsuura & Celestine Trinidad &Publisher Description
Insignia 2020: Best Asian Speculative Fiction features 9 short stories set in Japan, China, the Philippines, Malaysia, and India, as well as 6 Chinese fantasy poems (by Mary Soon Lee).
This collection of reprinted works comes from familiar Insignia Stories authors, new Insignia Drabbles authors, and first-time contributors, Tutu Dutta and Sayo Onoda.
Special thanks goes to Toshiya Kamei for providing translations of three stories.
Table of Contents
Stories:
'A Matter of Possession' by Joyce Chng
'Shadows' by Celestine Trinidad
'Kindness' by Vonnie Winslow Crist
'Moon Rabbit' by Jo Wu
The Washing Machine Ate the Socks' by Sayo Onoda / Toshiya Kamei
'The Craving' by Tutu Dutta
'Lepers' by Keyan Bowes
'The Enchantress Princess & the Mysterious Child'
by Massimo Soumaré / Toshiya Kamei
'Railroad to Potalaka' by Juan Takai / Toshiya Kamei
Poetry:
'Meisho's Dodos', 'Lantern Festival', 'The Eighth Son of Ganbataar', 'Lotus Moon', 'The Wild Horses Came Hastening', and 'How to Weave the Stars' by Mary Soon Lee
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About Kelly Matsuura
Kelly Matsuura grew up in Victoria, Australia, but always dreamed she would live abroad. She has lived in northern China, Michigan in the US, and over ten years in Nagoya, Japan, where she now lives permanently.
Kelly has published numerous short stories online; in group anthologies; and in several self-published anthologies. Her stories have been published by Visibility Fiction, Crushing Hearts & Black Butterfly Publishing, A Murder of Storytellers, and Ink and Locket Press.
She majored in Asian Studies at university, and (sometimes) studies Japanese, Chinese and German. Her other hobbies include cooking, knitting, sewing, and traveling.
As the creator and editor for The Insignia Series, Kelly uses her knowledge of Asian cultures to help other indie authors produce great diverse stories and to share the group's work with a new audience.
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