Asian Short Stories

The Path of Light is a collection of short stories nothing if not a mirror to the phenomenal range of human behavior. Taken from the Upanishads to the Jatakas to South Asian folklore, these simple but contemplative tales reveal how people are capable of both extreme cruelty and inordinate kindness.

Her name is Tamika and her story is like broken glass. Shards of glass can easily penetrate skin and tissue. Sex, lust, love, and hatred...a small town in Japan holds these secrets. An inspector, a mother, a father, a client, and a body that fell from nowhere...Sometimes there is no logic to life. Nine stories - or one tale?

As Kalina prepares for the next stage in her life with a visit to Yale University, a surprise meeting with someone from her past leads to a discovery that would change the vampire world forever.You thought you knew all about Life's Blood and what it can do. You thought you knew what Kalina was. Now in Blue Blood, all that will change as Kalina meets her maker. One of her vampire loves will die, another will be turned, and another will break her heart forever.

Just when her relationship with Stuart and Jaegar seemed complicated enough, there are more vampires in the peaceful wine country town of Rutherford. Amidst the growing danger to her and everyone she loves, a proposition is given to Kalina which would change her life forever.

A woman driven to marry out of desperation. A billionaire who cannot stand gold diggers. The heat between them will lead to one or both of them getting burned. For richer, for poorer...in bondage and submission.

Before a week had passed, the place began to exert a weird fascination upon me. It is difficult to describe or to induce people to believe; but I felt as if the whole house was like a living organism slowly and imperceptibly digesting me by the action of some stupefying gastric juice. Perhaps the process had begun as soon as I set my foot in the house, but I distinctly remember the day on which I first was conscious of it.

For author Jade Reed, romance is for the books. When her bestie cooks up a scheme for the perfect match on a tropical island, Jade sees an opportunity for a writing experience. Who needs a man? Navy SEAL Aiden Lin needs to unwind. His mom wants a daughter-in-law. She sets him up for a one-week vacation with his perfect match. He doesn’t need a wife yet, but maybe he can have some fun and make his mom happy. Neither is looking for love though they’re in the right place. Is it the right time, wrong time, or enough time? Listen to learn more....

A parable that teaches the listener to reconsider preconceived notions or ideas before running with them.

For Jack Cho, a fortysomething gay man, being able to marry someone he loves is so unfamiliar it’s terrifying. Then a wedding invitation from a college friend brings about a collision with those fears--and his own secret history. Jack and his new boyfriend, Caleb, are attending the wedding of Jack’s estranged straight friend Scott. No sooner do the guests start to mingle than questions arise

A former NFL star, Lakeebee Jackson is old, broke, handicapped and forgotten. But one day, he enters into a motel in his wheelchair with a pretty Asian woman, and what ensues is the most puzzling stay motel owner Ziggy Patel ever experiences. The Lakeebee Jackson Motel Story touches on the lives of Asian and Indian blue-collar workers and former professional African-American athletes.

Faithless is a work of experimental fiction weaving through various scenes and memories of being in love, out of love, and abused by love as told and experienced by Grace, a troubled 20-something-year-old struggling with her identity as a bisexual Korean-American. Everything is recounted as experienced - in fragments.

亞銀想死這個念頭已經是很多年前的事，她把自己奉獻給這個互聯網足足二十四年，從BBS群組開始、ICQ年代、Yahoo Messenger、 MSN、以至各大討論區，然後 Facebook、 WhatsApp、Telegram、skype、LINE、微信、QQ...等等等等！廿多年裡，亞銀其實也只不過期求一段真摰的感情出現，可是直到現在還輪候中，她不知道是否某方面出錯了。 其實亞銀條件不錯，知書識禮而且有修養。樣貌是美人兒，當然是廿年前，不過爛船也有三斤釘.