Fantasy from Asia and the Asian Diaspora
A Tordotcom Novella Sampler
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Clerics and tigers. Nuns and bandits. Archers and hunters. Mages versus Machinists. A recently awoken djinn king and the soldier who must contain him. All these and more can be found in excerpts from five fantasy novellas rooted in Asia and the Asian Diaspora that will enchant minds and hearts alike.
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z Hossain
Burning Roses by S. L. Huang
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
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Saad Z Hossain
Saad Z. Hossain writes in a niche genre of fantasy, science fiction, and black comedy with an action-adventure twist. He is the author of the novels Escape from Baghdad! and Djinn City, and The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday which was a finalist for the Locus Award for Best Novella. His short stories have appeared in the anthologies A Djinn Falls in Love, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol 12., and the Apex Book of World SF Vol. 4. He lives and works in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Nghi Vo
Nghi Vo is the USA Today bestselling author of Siren Queen, The Chosen and the Beautiful, Don't Sleep with the Dead, The City in Glass, and The Scarlet Ball, as well as the acclaimed novellas of the Singing Hills Cycle, which began with The Empress of Salt and Fortune. Her work has been nominated for the Nebula, Locus, and Lambda Literary Awards and the LA Times and Ursula K. Le Guin Prizes, and has won the Crawford, Ignyte, and Hugo Awards. Born in Illinois, she now lives on the shores of Lake Michigan. She believes in the ritual of lipstick, the power of stories, and the right to change your mind.
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