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Two series, one world
Tao Tales Series
Taoist parables for adults — each story followed by reflection and practice. For those who feel something they cannot yet name.
Tao Tales Series · Book One
Tales of the Whispering Tao
Where silence speaks loudest
Parables from the threshold between seen and unseen — where foxes hold court, monks forget their names, and the river teaches what no teacher can. Nine tales drawn from the living Taoist tradition.
Illustrated by Lian Vo 蓮墨 in warm sanguine chalk — each image a doorway into the story's still heart.
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Tao Tales Series · Book Two
Tales of the Luminous Tao
Light through the cracks in things
In these pages, ancient Taoist wisdom unfolds through quiet stories of spirit, nature, and transformation. Each tale carries the softness of stillness — a lantern in the mist, a whisper of the river, a fox who remembers what humans forget.
These are not retellings of old myths, but new reflections shaped by the timeless symbols of the Tao. For anyone seeking peace, introspection, and the subtle language of the Way — a calm companion for the inner journey.
Illustrated by Lian Vo 蓮墨.
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Tao Tales Series · Book Three
Tales of the Flowing Tao
The way forward is rarely the one we expected
Across four parts — from the beginning of the path to the return to the Tao — these tales follow rivers that meet the sea, bells that speak only in emptiness, and travelers who discover that the way forward is rarely the one they expected.
A crooked tree survives because the world has no use for it. A scholar cannot learn until his cup is emptied. A farmer refuses to call his fortune good or bad, knowing the story is never finished where we think it ends.
Illustrated by Lian Vo 蓮墨. Companion to Tales of the Whispering Tao and Tales of the Luminous Tao.
Tales of the Between
A world of fox spirits, threshold guardians, and ancient Taoist courts. Dark and mythological — each book belongs to a different spirit of the between. Cross the threshold. You will not return unchanged.
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Tales of the Between · Book One
The Alchemy Bar of Mei
The living come here. So do the dead. So do wandering spirits, forgotten gods, and things that have no name for what they are. They all arrive carrying something they could not set down.
Somewhere at the edge of things, there is a bar that appears when it is needed. Behind the counter stands Mei: a celestial fox in human form, six tails glowing faintly in the dark. She does not save anyone. She only pours. What appears in the cup is already inside them.
A collection of 23 stories drawn from Chinese folklore and Taoist tradition — a meditation on unfinished lives, unspoken words, and the strange grace of being truly seen. Even once. Even briefly. Even too late. Illustrated by Lian Vo 蓮墨.
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Tales of the Between · Book Two
The Office of Zhong Kui
Those problems that cannot be solved otherwise
For centuries, Zhong Kui has done one thing: hunt demons, restless spirits, and everything that slips through the cracks between worlds. Back then, all he needed was a sword and a newspaper. Now there are databases, social media, and digital paper trails — and the spirits have learned to hide inside all of it.
He hired an assistant. The assistant doesn't believe in gods, spirits, or anything that can't be explained with a search engine. He needed a job — and was tired of asking his mother for rent money. The first case arrives before he finishes reading his contract.
The Celestial Administration watches to make sure Zhong Kui doesn't go too far. He finds that part less interesting.
Standalone Novel
A supernatural detective novel. The boundary between the living and the dead is thinner than the law — and Ren is the only one paid to hold it.
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The Boundary Keeper
Some borders were never meant to hold
He lost her because he stopped paying attention. For someone whose job is to watch the boundary between worlds, that is not a small mistake. Demons crossed over. The city began to crack. And the woman he loved paid for what he missed.
Ren has guarded this boundary longer than Grayhaven has existed. To the city he is a consultant on strange cases — the man people call when there is no rational explanation left. In reality, he is the reason the line holds. Until it didn't.
Now the boundary is failing, something is moving through the cracks, and Ren has to decide whether grief is a reason to stop — or a reason to finish what he started. Grayhaven does not wait. The boundary held once because he gave everything to it. Now he has even less to lose.