AustLit

'Second Chinese Daughter delves into the evolving status and roles of women in society as depicted through the experiences of three generations of women in a Chinese family in Penang.

'Feng, the second daughter in a family of seven siblings, grapples with her lowly hierarchical position in her family and society. Set between the 1930s and ’60s, against a backdrop of significant historical events and everyday life in Malaya during that period, this novel follows young Feng’s struggle to gain her mother’s love and an equitable position among her older siblings and in her community.

'The narrative traces some of the Chinese customs and practices at the time that reflect society’s base view of women, and the lack of acceptance of their identities.

'Through the eyes of her grandmother and her mother, Feng sees the all-too-slow change in women’s place in society, and endeavours to break away from the constricting world of her female ancestors to find a better place for herself.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'7 stories. 7 days.

'Read each tale on its set day …

'And you shall see a ghost.

'Tempted? Slightly scared?

'For it may just be true.

'The human mind works in disturbing ways. These 7 dark stories are born from such a place. They include a smartphone App that's just far too helpful, a shrine no one should visit, a world on the edge of destruction, a were-tiger that seduces a maid, and a woman who doesn't age.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Evil awaits. You see it in your neighbour’s glimmering eyes. You hear it in the footsteps at the dead of night. You smell it in the frangipani blossoms on a wet lonely road.

'It hides in all shapes and guises. The fiendish bomoh ... a murderous Datuk ... a vengeful long-haired spirit ... the psychotic colleague ... and a naked bloody vampire.

'It restlessly awaits in this haunting selection of Tunku Halim’s dark and gripping stories.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

"Turn off your lights, get ready for frights! When the clock strikes midnight and the moon's full and bright, it's time for dread and fear. For Mr Midnight is here with two stories, double the danger and twice the terror! STORY ONE: When Xavier See and his friends drink melted fish bone soup, THE FIENDISH FISH SPIRIT torments them. Their lives will never be the same again! STORY TWO: The tortured lost souls from a doomed cemetery pursue Ashley Lau and her friends. Take the ride to horror and suspense from OUR GHOSTLY BUS STOP." (Source: Amazon)

'What choices would you make if you could live your life all over again?

'A young rock star is pursued by a female spectre. He flees to a seaside village where he had once tried to kill himself. Back then an old man had rescued him and taught him the guitar. But now what dark secrets will a repulsive shaman reveal? And does the lovely Juriah mean to haunt him to death?

'Juriah's Song is a horror love story that will grip you to the very end.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.