Novels
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literary speculative fiction | 90k words | querying soon
the socio-satirical tone of The Immortal King Rao x
the otherworldly futuristic atmosphere of The Book of Records x the opulence of Crazy Rich Asians
set in a floating city owned by tech conglomerates, in a world ravaged by climate change
inspired by Silicon Valley & East/Southeast Asia
Featuring #ownvoices sapphic representation
[BREAKING NEWS]: BROKE PHD STUDENT FAKES DEATH AND STEALS IDENTITY OF BILLIONAIRE TECH HEIRESS. TOO BAD HER GENIUS RIVAL IS ONTO HER AND OBSESSED WITH EXPOSING HER NEW SKIN.
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It’s a beautiful night to die.
From the balcony, Fay Soon stares down at the celebration: the silken gowns, the crystal chalices, the laughter resounding like shattered glass. It’s the end of semester which means yet another overpriced soirée for Chang’e National University’s elite. After seven years here, the scene is hardly unfamiliar. She studies the expanse of the university gardens.
There’s a cyclical nature to it. Young and eager minds unfurling: the undergraduates, loquacious in their attempts to impress one another, each conversation, each gesture, carefully selected like the finest blossoms in a greenhouse.
There are those on the other end of the cycle too. Senescence. The doctoral candidates wilting in the shadows. Hoping for their ideas to be transfigured by wind or water or even—the ingestion of the sorghum wine in their hands.
But no matter how many times Fay experiences it, she doesn’t think she’ll ever get used to the spectacle.
No one in the outer circle speaks like that, not in those sprawling, unmanicured streets. It’s opulent; it’s hypnotizing. It’s—
—a complete and utter waste of funds.