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A Suspicious Collection

Prepare yourself for a journey into the unexpected. Two strangers share an illicit passion following a chance encounter in a coffee shop; an aeroplane cabin sets the scene for an unlikely redemption; a demonic conspiracy complicates the familiar story of the faithful dog Hachiko; a costumed woman stands in the rain at a bus stop. The stories and poems in A Suspicious Collection collide the weird and the wonderful, clashing hope with despair, loyalty with betrayal, and starlight with the pulsing energy of the darkness that resides in every human heart. 

"This is a collection of Yen's prose, poetry and drawings, and it's a great illustration of the breadth of her work. There's always a hint, or more, of the other-worldly, and the issues of living and dying weave their way through a lot of the pieces. Yen packs a big punch in her writing, and I'd highly recommend getting acquainted with her work." Richard S., Amazon review

Sun: Queens of Earth

Written in the tradition of classic science fiction from the likes of Arthur C. Clarke, Frank Herbert and Philip K. Dick, Yen Ooi balances rich imagination and simple storytelling to bring us into the future of Earth and the world of Sun. The Great War has ravaged Earth and left humankind a shadow of its former self. Faced with the mortality of their race, those who remain press on with a newfound humility and strive for equality in their drive to advance the species. Hope lies on a new frontier for humanity, as newly developed technologies and a profound discovery push them out into space. The chance to begin again is at hand, but will the old fears and the old ways return to hamper mankind’s progress once again? Two girls, the seed of humanity’s greatest aspirations, must find the courage to choose.

Book One of the Sun Series is a story about humanity’s fight against extinction, aspiring to flourish, to move away from their dystopian past.

“Yen Ooi's sci-fi debut has the charm and simplicity of a fairy tale, but its scope and its emotional depth will surprise you. Big ideas in a small bottle.” Mike Carey 

Published fiction (including poetry)

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September 2023, Ab Terra Books, USA
#sciencefiction #shortstories #anthology

June 2023, Lucy Writers, Takeaway Press
#poetry #anthology #creative non_fiction

Ab Terra 2021
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May 2022, Ab Terra Books, USA
#sciencefiction #shortstories #anthology

'生活静照' ('Life-Stills') translated into Chinese (Mandarin) by Mia Chen Ma
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2021, Issue 11. 科幻世界 (Science Fiction World)
#fiction #sciencefiction #shortstory #journal

Ab Terra 2020
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January 2021, Ab Terra Books, USA
#sciencefiction #shortstories #anthology

Antipodean SF, Issue 268, January 2021
#sciencefiction #flashfiction

'Mother Tongue'
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Text version published in Life in Languages, Lucy Writers Platform
Spoken version available on YouTube

October 2020 #poetry

The Good Journal 3, March 2019
#fiction #literary #shortstory

Cheng Beng (Tomb Sweeping Day)
author (in collaboration with illustrator Debbie Tung)

Comixology, YenShia, UK, May 2016
#fiction #graphicnovel #shortstory #literary

CreateThinkDo, UK, September 2015
#fiction #poetry #shortstory #illustrations

CreateThinkDo, UK, August 2015
Spectacle Publishing Media Group, USA, 2014
#fiction #sciencefiction #novel

'Life-Stills'
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Mnemoscape.org, Issue 2, April 2015
#fiction #sciencefiction #shortstory

'Babushka'
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CuratorLab2014, September 2014
#poetry

'Aquilae' and 'Can You'
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For Love & Poetry: A Book Twelve Years in the Making, Universe and Words, December 2012 London
#poetry

'Nine Lives'
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Eat, Spectacle Publishing Media Group, USA, November 2012
#shortstory #fiction #horror