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Announcing: Falling Moon, Rising Sun

Published 4 months ago • 2 min read

3 July 2026

Anthology Announcement!

Come, sit beside the crackling hearth, and let us tell you a tale. We promise that what is contained within these pages is like nothing you've heard before...

In The Queen Arrayed in Gold: and Other Myths and Legends, you will feel the flames of the phoenix as she rises, become enchanted by the cadence of tribal tales from the Zou people, experience a narrative retelling of Songs II and III of the Malay Epic of Bidasari, meet Bigfoot, and much more. Full of mystery, magic, monsters, heroes, and villains, this collection features pieces from writers around the globe telling tales of our world—and those yet undiscovered.

Immerse yourself in this unforgettable gallery of myths, legends, and folktales and discover your new favorite story.

Release Date: October 31st, 2026

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So, earlier this year, I sent in an Epic of Bidasari retelling to the Queen Anne's Lace Publishing's myth and legends anthology... and it was accepted!

"Falling Moon, Rising Sun" is a retelling of songs II and III of the Epic of Bidasari. There are actually 6 songs in the epic, written as a syair (sung poem), and technically, it's one story because it's all about Bidasari, from birth to becoming Queen—but it has a lot of side stories and POV changes so they should really be several stories, not one.

Anyway! You can read my retelling when it comes out in October.

The publisher is running a Kickstarter next month to fund stuff like illustrations and audiobooks and special editions. I'll send a reminder when this actually goes live! But I thought I'd just get this out there since they said we could go ahead and announce it. (Cool stuff: I just realised that they used my story as the audiobook sample.)

Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/qalpublishing/fantastical-tales-from-around-the-world​

Kickstarter Run Dates: August 1st - September 7th

A GIVEAWAY?!

It's been a while since I joined a giveaway, but one came up with LitRing, and since I was already going to set Amok free (at free? as free? lol whatever) for the month of July, I decided to merge both the sale AND the giveaway.

The giveaway lists a bunch of qualifying actions to earn entries to win a $75 Amazon Gift Card; this could be following an author, signing up for a newsletter, or getting a bunch of free books (hhhmmmm mostly on KU, though).

But yeah, if you don't want the hassle of giveaways and signing up for yet another newsletter, you can just head over to the Smashwords sale.

Gonna leave you with some pics from last weekend's Kuala Lumpur Reading Festival—where I may have met some of you for the first time! (Hello there if you signed up during the fest!)

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Check out Anna's Books

The Absolution Series

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​The Tale of the Hostage Prince (#1.5)​

​Absolution (#2)​

The Fairy Tale Series

​Coexist​

​Dongeng​

The Painted Hall Collection

​The Painted Hall Collection consists of 4 short stories that are also available as singles, plus an exclusive short story set in the Absolution world:

Standalones

​A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic: An Anthology (ed.)​

​The Making of a Jurusihir​

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Anna Tan

Anna Tan grew up in Malaysia, the country that is not Singapore. She writes fantasy stories and fairy tales, puts together anthologies, and helps people figure out their publishing goals at Teaspoon Publishing. She is interested in Malay/Nusantara and Chinese legends and folklore in exploring the intersections of language, culture, and faith.

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