Two Hour Transport 2 is a celebration of the writing community that has grown up around Two Hour Transport: the SF & Fantasy reading series that showcases writings from Seattle and beyond. The stories within are representative of our vibrant and diverse community. There's a story in here for everyone: from unruly tapirs to planet-eating poets, from alien invasions to mind control. These stories traverse the boundaries of our genres. We hope they will entertain, and make you think a little ...

This book is a collection of the first 4 volumes in The Insignia Series (released between 2013 and 2017).The anthologies are:JAPANESE FANTASY STORIES:INSIGNIA Vol.1. includes 9 Japanese fantasy stories with a mix of urban, literary, contemporary, myth-based, and historical fantasy pieces.Contributors: Heather Ewings, Joyce Chng, Holly Kench, Kelly Matsuura, Aislinn Batstone, Chris Ward, and Chris White.CHINESE FANTASY STORIES:

If aliens made you an offer you couldn’t refuse, would you still wager everything on your faith? What price would you pay to save your city? Can the last member of a doomed church find hope once again?Since the original 2016 anthology, Mysterion has carried readers to settings strange and wonderful with stories about the challenges of belief, about characters struggling to understand worlds that cannot make sense—and, when that fails, to be true to their convictions, to ho...

INSIGNIA VOL. 6. includes 8 short stories with Asian characters, settings, and magical creatures.In this volume you'll find an array of animal-shifters, magical creatures, gods, and spirits. Story settings include: India, Japan, Cambodia, China, and outer-space!CONTENTS'Reborn' by Nidhi Singh'The Star Ball' by Amy Fontaine'Raising Words' by Stewart C. Baker'Apsaras' Dance' by Kelly Matsuura'We, the Ravens...

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.Tab...