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What if Seattle Were the Center of the Magical World and Overrun by Vampires?

When you write contemporary fantasy, your mind goes to strange places. I started picturing this post-apocalyptic Seattle where magic governed and vampires ran rampant terrorizing the local population. A lot of things began to flow from that, and then I became obsessed with writing about a Slayers Guild. Ken started brainstorming and worldbuilding with me […]

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Monkeys, Jaguars, and Kitsune – Oh My!

I stayed up late one night last week to finish��Monkey Around by Jadie Jang.�� For a SF Bay Area native like me (who also happened to go to Cal) Monkey Around is an insider story filled with delightful local secrets. Add that to the fact that I also love contemporary fantasy (ok, it’s Urban Fantasy), […]

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Danger Zone – a Military Sci-Fi StoryBundle Curated by Kevin J. Anderson

Suit up, grab your blaster and your environment suit, and respond to a galactic call to arms���or at least a call to reading. Fire up your e-reader for this fast-paced StoryBundle of Military SF adventures, 19 titles (13 listed titles, two of which are boxed sets of 5 and 3 books each!) curated by New […]

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Urban Fantasy is Undead

I read a lot of Urban Fantasy. I read broadly but UF is probably my favorite. As a reader, I was totally unaware of publishing trends. But in the last few years I’ve had to learn a lot more about publishing and then I started to hear that “urban fantasy is dead” from publishing insiders. […]

A love letter to Yuzu and Japanese KitKats

I’m a big fan of citrus. Living in California, it is one of the few things that I can successfully grow with minimal effort. I have a satsuma mandarin tree, a bearss lime, a meyer lemon, a ponderosa lemon, and a kumquat tree in my front yard. I got so excited reading about the “finger […]

When the Monkey King Meets Avatar the Last Airbender

A friend recommended The Epic Crush of Genie Lo to me and though I don’t read a lot of middle grade fiction, I’m delighted that I had purchased this debut novel by F.C. Yee. My cover actually looks like this one since I bought the hardback. I love the classic three-point superhero pose in this […]

When K-drama Meets Thai Drama – Gang Kiew Wan Gai

So today I learned from interview with author Piper Drake about the Korean manwha Full House. Apparently Full House was so popular in the 90’s that it spawned manga/anime and a series of remakes. Goodreads can be a scary place for authors but in this case it was very informative since I was thinking about […]

Asian Monster – How Delicious Would Namazu Be?

My co-author and I often research monsters of Asian origin. We like to call it “Monday Monster” in our FB Group for Fans of Asian Urban Fantasy. I also like to eat so I stalk chefs on Instagram for our Friday Food segment. Often it’s something fun like Korean street food or something like Mapo […]

The Phoenix Hoard of San Francisco

Our newsletter subscribers get early access to the draft chapters of The Phoenix Hoard of San Francisco. If you are looking for Asian inspired Urban Fantasy, look no further fam: Hunting Grounds Dragon Territory The Herbalist Happy Reading!