A Broken Wok, a Malaysian family drama by Bruce AllsmanFreelance writer, Lim Siew Bee, a single mother with her eight-year-old son, Jason, lives next door to Madam Ong, an octogenarian living alone in single story link house. One morning, upon returning home from sending her son to school, Siew Bee hears a cry for help next door and she goes over to check. She finds the old lady, clad in a sarong lying on the floor just outside the bathroom, groaning in pain, unabl...

In the Twinkling of a Bronze Eye, an action urban fantasy by Bruce AllsmanThe arrival of a gift from its sister city, Foshan in China, to Springton forces Bruce Greenwood, the city's park ranger to face an unusual situation. The gift, a life-size bronze statue, placed near the park's main entrance stirs the outrage of some city folks. At its unveiling ceremony, in the presence of a visiting Chinese official and the city's business leaders, Mayor McQuinn thanks Foshan and welcomes t...

The Ghostwriter, a Malaysian supernatural horror novella by Bruce AllsmanTo a struggling freelance writer, a hundred thousand ringgit ghostwriting contract is an extremely lucky break. Is it too good to be true? Although true, it is really not good at all. This is because the final sacrifice is far greater than a mere hundred thousand ringgit.When offered a lucrative contract to ghostwrite the memoirs of Datuk Ong Kim Siew, a recently deceased eccentric business tycoon, Viv...

The Tenant, a suspense noir by Bruce AllsmanJohn Greene, after recently concluding the purchase of a house from Lucas who had rented out the place, pays a visit to the recalcitrant tenant to find out why the man seems reluctant to vacate the house. During the visit, when John's pet Border Collie, Rocky, uncovers a woman's partially decomposed body in the backyard, the tenant pulls a gun on John and orders him to call Lucas to come over immediately. Much to his surprise, Lucas acqui...

The Jerejak Resort Murder by Bruce AllsmanSam Lee, a self-exiled former MMA champion and ex-Theravada Buddhist monk, takes a break from his mixed martial arts training school in Bangkok to return to Penang to help his twin brother, Brian Lee, solve a murder connected with a ghost from the past.Brian, who runs a private investigations firm with his wife, May Lee, finds himself framed for the murder of a house detective at the Jerejak Resort. Due to the actions of an overzeal...

An Alien in the Arboretum, a paranormal thriller by Bruce AllsmanFor the sake of his wife and daughter, Tom Gardner, a phytologist, moves with his family from the countryside to the city. In the city, he works in a shop that sells bonsai trees, and he also maintains the rooftop garden of his apartment building. The shop's owner is Saito-san, an old Japanese man from Okinawa. A few weeks before Saito-san's death, Tom receives a special gift from his employer, a bons...

The English Author, a mystery by Bruce AllsmanAfter being rejected in numerous job applications, Jenny Chapman finally receives a golden opportunity to be interviewed for an important post overseas. However, while clearing the attic, she finds an old notebook left by her great grandmother which cause her to see things in a different light. Drawn into the world of her great grandmother, Sally Chapman, the notebook reveals an intriguing event that had happened in the...

Their Last Vacation, a suspense noir by Bruce AllsmanAs a reward for her work at a recent charity drive, Allison McCain, a psychiatrist in her mid-thirties, accepts an invitation from Robert Yates, a billionaire, to an all-expense-paid vacation at a remote tropical island, somewhere off the coast of Central America. At the island, she stifles an uneasy surprise when she meets the other guests: Christine Lambert, Steve Allen, and Dan Morrison, her old college friend...

Exit Plan, a family drama by Bruce AllsmanSteven Langford, a twenty-two-year-old American, lives a bohemian lifestyle with a promiscuous Thai teenage girl, Isaree. When Isaree quits her trivial job in Bangkok to return to her hometown, Steven, not willing to risk losing her, decides to go with her. There trouble arises when he meets, Andrew, a fellow farang who is overtly cold toward him. Isaree, however, is friendly toward Andrew, a close friend of the family. One...

Their Last Vacation, a suspense noir by Bruce AllsmanAs a reward for her work at a recent charity drive, Allison McCain, a psychiatrist in her mid-thirties, accepts an invitation from Robert Yates, a billionaire, to an all-expense-paid vacation at a remote tropical island, somewhere off the coast of Central America. At the island, she stifles an uneasy surprise when she meets the other guests: Christine Lambert, Steve Allen, and Dan Morrison, her old college friends. Recalling memo...

His Brother's Keeper, a suspense thriller novel by Bruce AllsmanAfter recently inheriting a fortune, struggling freelance photographer Peter Peterson decides to leave Canada for good.While clearing out his deceased father's belongings, he finds a hidden stack of old postcards sent from various locations across the United States. One for each birthday, all twenty five postcards were for him. They were from his mother. She had left when he was four years old....

The Chauffeur, a suspense noir by Bruce AllsmanOn the penultimate day before his retirement, Charlie, the chauffeur, receives an assignment from JP, his boss, to stake out a sharp-eyed man at a hotel's coffeehouse. After discovering the sharp-eyed man's heinous plan to kidnap Mel, JP's nine-year-old daughter, he returns to report to JP. He and JP, who is always a risk taker and likes this kind of dangerous games, formulate an action plan to incriminate the mastermi...