Kampung Kreepy

The ebooks for the first two installments of my Geomancer’s Apprentice series— The Geomancer’s Apprentice and The Forgotten Guardian —are on sale in the U.S. for $0.99 each from now until Dec. 2.  If you buy book 3— The Corpse Ritual —as well, you’ll be getting three books for a grand total of $6.97, which works out to $2.32 per book. What a steal! The series features two underdog feng shui practitioners in Washington, D.C. They find, to their dismay, that they must save the world (or at least the D.C. metropolitan area) from malevolent shape-shifting monsters and vicious ghosts. These books are for you if you like urban fantasy, Asian mysticism and magic, and terrifying monsters from Asian folklore. Other themes include redemption, underdogs make good, chosen one, and found family.  What readers are saying  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ~ “non-stop action, that will leave your heart racing” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ~ “a fun, wild ride with action, mystery, horror” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ~ “Love this series” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ~ “truly origi...

I’ve refreshed the cover for Joss Paper , my collection of horror short stories.  The book was a passion project that I published in 2021. I wanted to write and share stories based on the folklore of Singapore and Malaysia that I grew up with.  The newer look includes a clearer book title and darker colors that signal the horror genre. If you look closely, you can see the banana leaf in front of the cover model. Banana plants are associated with the pontianak, a succubus-like vengeful spirit that is one of Southeast Asia’s most recognized folklore entities.  Read the blurb here .   Fun fact: the logo for Kampung Kreepy Books is a chibi pontianak. “Chibi” is a Japanese art style commonly seen in anime and manga that emphasizes cuteness.  You can read more about the pontianak on my author website .  The old cover: 

I finally managed to catch Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). I thought the sequel captured the whimsical charm of the original movie from 1988, but didn’t quite match up to it. Then again, the first Beetlejuice movie left some big shoes to fill. It was fresh and zany and magical. Tough to be as fresh the second time around.  I was also slightly disappointed that Beetlejuice Beetlejuice didn’t have more of Harry Belafonte’s calypso music that made the first movie such a joy. “MacArthur Park,” even when sung by Donna Summer, doesn’t quite do it for me.  Nonetheless, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a fun, enjoyable movie in its own right. In this second installment, Lydia Deetz—the teenager whom Beetlejuice wanted to marry in the first movie—now is the host of a paranormal talk show called Ghost House . She taps Beetlejuice for help when her daughter is tricked into giving up her life so a psychopathic ghost can live again. It was a pleasure to watch Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Ha...