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Edited by: Nathan Lauer and Winnie el Chingnon

The latest anthology from the HKWC is fully compliant with the Law of the Poeple's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Born when monster-men from the brave country stole nine dragons and one fragrant harbour from the kingdom at the centre of the world, Hong Kong couldn't avoid allegorical analysis if it bundled itself into a car boot and headed north to assist with public security investigations. A long-suffering foster-child; the plague towns of Camus and Defoe; an unruly bird with golden eggs. Whether you stand with it or just serve it with honour, duty and loyalty, Masking the City will show you Hong Kong reflected in the critical light of plausible deniability so important to local readers in 2020.

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Edited by Joy Al-Sofi, Paul Corrigan and Dhiraj Nainani

A snapshot of Hong Kong as it is, as it was, as it could be, as it may never be again. From city to village, from meltdowns to mysteries, from doubts to resolve, migrants to escapees, despair to triumph; our writers present us with a feast of the senses, physical and otherwise, taking us down paths through a variety of mental landscapes, ideas and perspectives towards unexpected awakenings.

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Edited by Chris Maden with Lilla Csorgo and Dominic Sargent

This symphony of short stories conducts you through the great city of Hong Kong. From slumming it on the Peak to redemption in cage bed, from criminal ambition rewarded to noble opportunism betrayed, this collection spans the range of unexpected dreams and broken triumphs that is contemporary Hong Kong. Written by local authors who love this city, Hong Kong Highs and Lows will strike a chord with all those who have experienced it.

`An emotional roller-coaster of a read ... a well-written and tight curated volume' - South China Morning Post

`Another stunning collection of stories that capture social, cultural and political realities of Hong Kong' - Hong Kong Review of Books

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Edited by Stewart McKay with Joy Al-Sofi and Nathan Lauer.

Delivery drivers living double lives, street-sweepers with dark secrets and teachers teetering on the edge all meet and mingle on the sweaty streets, along crowded MTR lines and in rowdy cha chaan tengs. Behind doors and windows, in taxis and on the ding-ding, below dark urban underpasses and on breezy Sai Kung verandas, lives are being lived.
This collection contains twenty unique and dynamic stories, all set within a single, frenzied day in the Hong Kong.

Trade Paperback: 220 Pages
Publisher: Hong Kong Writers Circle
Date of Publication: 2017
ISBN: 978-988-16858-9-6
ASIN (Kindle): TBC
Cover Art by Laura Ho

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Edited by Peter Humphreys and Elizabeth Solomon.

Eternal themes of love, lust, greed and violence collide with satirical takes on post-colonial politics and reminiscences on the city’s fascinating past. Metaphors take flight. Families are divided. Escapism is considered. Characters for whom the city has become unrecognizable resort to Virtual Reality. Sci-fi landscapes are ultra-real for others. Amongst the angst there is laughter; amidst the optimism lurks an unexplained malaise.
Twenty-one compelling short stories from 20 established and emerging local and expatriate authors chart the hopes, dreams and fears of Hong Kong’s keenest literary voices.

Trade Paperback: 320 Pages
Publisher: Hong Kong Writers Circle
Date of Publication: 2015
ISBN: 978-981-09-7789-4
ASIN (Kindle): TBC

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Edited by Edmund Price and Harmony Sin (HKWC) and Alice Clark-Platts and S. Mickey Lin (SWG).

Hong Kong and Singapore. Two cities which encapsulate the buzz and culture of Asia. Twenty-three stories by the Hong Kong Writers Circle and Singapore Writers Group present four faces of their home cities: the changing city, the historic city, the mystical city, and the capricious city. These stories take you past the frontages of both cities, through their backstreets and into personal spaces pocketed within the cityscape.

Trade Paperback: 320 Pages
Publisher: Hong Kong Writers Circle and Singapore Writers Group
Date of Publication: 2015
ISBN: 978-981-09-7789-4
ASIN (Kindle): TBC

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Edited by Kate Hawkins, Edmund Price and Marnie Walker.

In the apparently modern metropolis of Hong Kong, you may encounter monsters that prey on lust, ghosts suffering from loneliness, and demons come to collect the doomed. Love, greed, pride, and sorrow mingle with madness and the supernatural in a city as Gothic as any in the Old World. These stories creep, slither and claw their way from the perilously steep streets of Sheung Wan to the dark tunnels of the MTR and on into the jungle wilderness of the New Territories, showing you a side of Hong Kong you did not suspect and will not forget.

Trade Paperback: 262 Pages
Publisher: Hong Kong Writers Circle
Date of Publication: 2014
ISBN: 978-988-16858-5-8
ASIN (Kindle): B00Q9F6U8G

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Edited by Simon Berry, Katrina Hamlin, Kate Hawkins and Peter Humphreys.

In this new collection, the Hong Kong Writers Circle’s authors and poets show us Another Hong Kong. This is not the city we think we know. By posing questions that defy easy answers and convenient clichés, these writers show us the Hong Kong of the past, the present and the future, as lived through the lives of others.
Edited by Simon Berry, Katrina Hamlin, Kate Hawkins and Peter Humphreys, Another Hong Kong features short stories, poetry and creative non-fiction by up-and-coming and established local and expatriate Hong Kong authors. In Marc Allante’s cover art, “Monolith ll”, the city’s iconic skyline melts away, eliciting a strong sense that there is more to Hong Kong than meets the eye.

Trade Paperback: 239 Pages
Publisher: Hong Kong Writers Circle
Date of Publication: 2014
ISBN: 9789881685834
ASIN (Kindle): B00I8J19HI

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Edited by SCC Overton.

Classical gods and heroes. Men and women of myth, legend and folklore. Characters from the greatest 19th and 20th Century novels. All of them relocated, reimagined and retold in this collection of short stories and poetry from the Hong Kong Writers Circle.
The 18 short stories and six poems take their inspiration from sources as diverse as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, Grimms’ Fairy Tales, The Hobbit, 1001 Arabian Nights and wuxia novel Legend of the Condor Heroes.

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Edited by Melanie Ho and SCC Overton.

In Measurements, the Hong Kong Writers Circle examines the different ways we measure our lives. Short drinks, a right-angled triangle, how the depth of the ocean changes fortune – these 36 fiction and non-fiction vignettes are the long and the sort of some of Hong Kong’s best English writing this year.

Trade Paperback: 260 Pages
Publisher: Hong Kong Writers Circle
Date of Publication: 2010
ISBN: 978-988-98366-6-5
ASIN (Kindle): B004P5NUUI

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Edited by SCC Overton and Edmund Price.

What can happen in the privacy of a hotel room? Anything and everything, if you check into the Hotel China, a collection of short fiction set in a hotel in the heart of Hong Kong’s historic and notorious Wanchai district.
Written by some of Hong Kong’s finest authors, these 26 tales follow the exploits of the hotel’s patrons and staff as they navigate the city’s distractions and hazards in pursuit of their goals, be they love, money … or even murder!
Journalists, businessmen, grifters and prostitutes rub shoulders with cleaners, doormen and bell-boys: each story is as individual as the characters that inspire them. And behind them all stands Hong Kong itself, the glittering reception hall for the political and economic powerhouse of China today.

Trade Paperback: 306 Pages
Publisher: Hong Kong Writers Circle
Date of Publication: 2009
ISBN: 978-988-98366-5-8#
ASIN (Kindle): B008EVFO58

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Edited by ​Tammy Ho and Jeff Zroback.

Edited by Diana McPartlin.

Edited by Diana McPartlin and Mio Debnam.

A fast-paced city and the pressure to perform, all under 90 per cent humidity, this collection of short fiction tells tales from workplace.
“Sweat & the City is an outstanding collection of Hong Kong short stories that inspires the budding writer and rewards readers.” – South China Morning Post

Take a journey into the dark side of the city and you’ll find ghosts everywhere: protesting in Statue Square, lurking on the MTR, grooving in Wanchai nightclubs, dining in Cheung Chau, and wreaking havoc in the New Territories.
“Haunting Tales of Hong Kong illuminates Chinese customs, cultures, wisdom and experience… These stories almost possess fable-like qualities.” – Asian Review of Books