Our anthologies are the literary equivalent of a concept album – only far more exciting and interesting, than any concept album ever released. Written collaboratively by a team of international emerging writers, Chinese Whisperings’ anthologies encourage characters and story lines to criss-cross and double back from one story to the next, creating a unique hybrid of short story collection and novel.  Each story can be read in isolation as a satisfying literary experience but reading every story allows the entire narrative to unfold – often in quite unexpected and shocking ways.

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“The collection got better with each story read, and so too do the previous stories, the sum greater than its parts, and the parts made greater because of the sum. “

~ Jen Brubacher, Scribo Ergo Sum, January 2010

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THE RED BOOK

In a small North American university town ten lives intersect…

Miranda reaps what she has sown.

Mitchell understands there is no resisting fate.

Clint dreams of forging a violent destiny.

Elizabeth is about to make a discovery.

Robin hides a terrible secret.

Simon hasn’t slept in ten days.

Sam is pursued by nightmares.

Susie has lost everything.

David has just been found.

Jake atones for past evils.

X…Ten ordinary people struggling to keep their sanity in an insane world.

“What is perhaps most striking about The Red Book is the fact that, on finishing the final tale, it leaves the reader with a desire to return to the beginning and experience the various threads of plot and character again, certain a second read will unlock deeper complexities of connection. The Red Book comes highly recommended as an interesting concept that manages to live up to its promise.”

~ Dan Powell,  Dan Powell Fiction, January 2010

THE YIN AND YANG BOOKS, the second in the series of anthologies are due for release 10/10/10.