Insignia 2020

By Kelly Matsuura, Celestine Trinidad, Jo Wu, Joyce Chng, Juan Takai, Keyan Bowes, Mary Soon Lee, Massimo Soumarè, Sayo Onoda, Toshiya Kamei, Tutu Dutta & Vonnie Winslow Crist

Insignia 2020 - Kelly Matsuura, Celestine Trinidad, Jo Wu, Joyce Chng, Juan Takai, Keyan Bowes, Mary Soon Lee, Massimo Soumarè, Sayo Onoda, Toshiya Kamei, Tutu Dutta & Vonnie Winslow Crist
  • Release Date: 2021-02-10
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature

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