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My novella Offerings for the Dead is now available on Amazon and Amazon Kindle Unlimited! The book features Pearl Tham, a grave robber and art thief with magical abilities. She can manipulate qi, the vital essence or life force flowing through living as well as non-living things.  If you’ve read The Geomancer’s Apprentice series, you’ll know that Pearl is geomancer Joe Tham’s half sister, and a thorough badass.  Offerings for the Dead is the first book in the Pearl Dragon novella series, revolving around Pearl’s early adventures in her quest for treasure and relics.  Under a Hunter’s Moon , the second book in the series, is now available through pre-order . The books were previously available only to my newsletter subscribers. I hope you check out the new novellas. I’ll be adding to the stories in time. This series is for you if you want a quick read with fast-paced action. Blurb for Offerings for the Dead A tomb hidden in a remote mountain in China, filled with treasu...

This traditional festival is also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day. It occurs annually on the 15th day after the spring equinox.  Qingming is a time for Chinese people all over the world to honor and thank their ancestors. They observe the festival by tidying, sweeping and/or weeding the graves of their forefathers. They also burn joss paper and incense, and make food offerings at the gravesite (or columbarium, depending on where their deceased relatives reside). According to the Chinese concept of ancestor worship, it’s important to keep your ancestors happy. The ancestors will reward you by blessing your life.  The festival is referenced in my novella Offerings for the Dead .  Read the book for free by subscribing to my newsletter!

Offerings for the Dead , my novella featuring art thief and grave robber Pearl Tham, will be in Terrify Your Tablet Oct. 3. Please check out this amazing one-day event organized by Horrorsmith Publishing. There you will find hundreds of free and discounted ebooks in the horror and dark fantasy genres that are sure to give you that October chill. Even better, Horrorsmith will offer prizes to readers throughout the day. These include omnibus books, merch, and paperback book bundles. What better way to kick off spooky season? Bwahahahaha … 😈

I’m excited to reveal the cover and title of my soon-to-be-released novella! I just finished the second draft of the manuscript. It comes in at 26K words, and has been sent to my editor. The novella features another of Pearl Tham’s early adventures. Pearl is the half sister of Joe Tham, the feng shui consultant in my Geomancer’s Apprentice series. Under a Hunter’s Moon is the sequel to Offerings for the Dead. These adventures are fun, fast-paced, and action-oriented. I may bundle the stories later and release them for sale. For now, however, they’re newsletter exclusives and free for subscribers. Stay tuned for the release announcement! Please visit my website if you’d like to subscribe. My newsletter goes out the beginning of every month. I use it to update subscribers about my writing projects, and any upcoming sales or other events involving my books. If you’re already subscribed and haven’t received your Aug. 1 email, please check your spam filters. PEARL THAM: BRIEF RECAP Who ...

I’m pleased to announce that my newsletter subscribers may now access a deleted scene from The Soul Stealer , the forthcoming fifth and final book of The Geomancer’s Apprentice series. This is the first time ever that I’m releasing a deleted scene from one of my books. I cut these two chapters from The Soul Stealer because they were too tangential to the main plot. The chapters feature one of Joe and Junie’s side missions. It’s kind of apt that th is particular adventure ended up on the cutting room floor, since it takes place in a movie theater. If I needed a title for it, I guess I can call it “A Night at the Cinema ” … Here’s the blurb: ******* Junie Soong and Joe Tham are called to an old movie theater. The new owner wants to redevelop the building, but she can’t do much until the ghost in it is made to leave. This should be an easy job, except … things are never that easy for our underdog feng shui experts. ******************* Get Your Free Copy Now If ...

I’m pleased to reveal the cover and title of the fifth, and final, book of T he Geomancer’s Apprentice series. This book has been the hardest to write by far, because there are so many little things that must be resolved. The book also is the longest of the series. No spoilers, so I’ll stop right here. The Soul Stealer is coming along. If you haven’t already read the first four books, you should try to catch up now. More News Later this month, I’ll be releasing a deleted scene from The Soul Stealer . The scene is actually two chapters that I decided were too tangential to the main plot to include in the book. The scene will be available to my newsletter subscribers. It’s the first time ever that I’m releasing a deleted scene from one of my books. The story is complete in itself so you don't have to read  The Soul Stealer  first to enjoy it. If you’d like to read it, please subscribe to my newsletter. I send out an email on the first of every month (and sometimes durin...

I'm excited to announce that my new novella  Offerings for the Dead  is now available for download. It's exclusively for my newsletter subscribers.  The novella is a bonus adventure to my urban fantasy  Geomancer's Apprentice  series.  Here's the blurb:  ******* Treasure. Betrayal. Death. A tomb hidden in a remote mountain in China, filled with treasure. This should be an easy job for grave robber and art thief Pearl Tham. However, things go wrong from the start. A storm springs up, forcing Pearl and her team to seek shelter in an abandoned village. She discovers before long that the village isn’t abandoned after all. The things there have been around for hundreds of years and they’re hungry. Very hungry. Pearl has her Dragon powers, her katana and her gun. Will they be enough to save her life, let alone the lives of her lover and her friends? Offerings for the Dead  is a bonus adventure to  The Geomancer’s Apprentice  urban fantasy seri...

I hope you like the cover for Offerings for the Dead as much as I do. The novella will be available Sept. 1. It’s exclusive to my newsletter subscribers, who will be able to download it on that date and read for free. Some of you may be familiar with Pearl Tham, the main character in Offerings for the Dead . Those of you who’ve read my Geomancer’s Apprentice books know that Pearl makes her first appearance in The Forgotten Guardian , the second installment in the series. I suppose Offerings can be viewed as a prequel. I like to think of it as a bonus adventure. You can sign up for my author newsletter in advance of the novella’s release.  On Sept. 1, you’ll receive my newsletter telling you how to download the novella. ...