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Eric Cheung There is a very famous and well-known story, or myth, about a Journey to the West involving a Monkey, a pig man, this other guy, and a Buddhist Priest…moreThere is a very famous and well-known story, or myth, about a Journey to the West involving a Monkey, a pig man, this other guy, and a Buddhist Priest. The story has been told and retold numerous times in Asia, and it's a story I've always really, really liked. Particularly because Monkey King, Sun Wukong, has always been so outrageously powerful, but forced to be suppressed because of his terrible nature. Just the idea of knowing he has such incredible power, but it's only being locked away momentarily, is always such an arousing idea... for me at least.

Anyway, I plan on creating a science fiction, futuristic rendition of Journey to the West. I'm still working on how much of the theme I should stick to the traditional story. (less)

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Eric Cheung Kings of Fortune is about Leon Zylo, a man who has little going on in his life, following the same routine day after day taking everything he has for …moreKings of Fortune is about Leon Zylo, a man who has little going on in his life, following the same routine day after day taking everything he has for granted. Then, he is contracted by a band of bounty hunters to be killed. He becomes one of them, and is forced to kill others in order to get his life back. Gradually, he learns to live his life to the fullest, appreciating everything he has, and uncovers the secret of why he was contracted to begin with.

Leon's role is meant to represent a lot of our lives in society nowadays. We work, go home, and don't see much else in the future aside from more work. In fact, his dilemma was spawned from my own aching pains of needing to work a monotonous job, instead of something I actually enjoy doing.

Honestly, the story initially came to me in a ridiculously vivid dream. The scene where he is contracted by the hunter, Kitsune, was actually my dream, where I am contracted. The dream was so horribly memorable that I didn't even have to write it down after I woke up, I clearly remember everything. The dream wasn't as sophisticated as the novel of course, but for a dream it was very elaborate. I was contracted, and needed to find ways to live. Somehow I learned that becoming a bounty hunter made the contract void, and it involved killing a cat or something weird and satanic. I left that stuff out of the novel. After writing the story, everything just became so much more, and I'm quite proud of it. (less)

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