This book is a collection of the second 4 volumes in The Insignia Series (released between 2018 and 2020).The anthologies are:ASIAN SCIENCE FICTIONINSIGNIA VOL.5. includes 8 science fiction stories with Asian characters and/or settings.Contributors: Joyce Chng, Nidhi Singh, Ray Daley, Holly Schofield, Jeremy Szal, L. Chan, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Stewart C. Baker.ASIAN BIRDS & BEASTSINSIGNIA VOL.6. includes 8 short stories with Asian characters, settings, and magical creatures.Contibutors: Nidhi Singh, Amy Fontaine, Stewart C. Baker, Kelly Matsuura, Russell Hemmell, Lorraine Schein, Keyan Bowes, Joyce Chng.ASIAN FLASH FICTION & POETRYINSIGNIA VOL.7. includes 11 stories, and 7 poems with Asian characters and settings.Rebecca Birch, Ray Daley, Liam Hogan, Mary Soon Lee, Dave Dunn, Guilia Moon & Toshiya Kamei, Layne Noser, Anita Goveas, Daniel Scott White, Russell Hemmell, Kelly Matsuura, Luke Shors, Deon Visser. CASTLES & KIMONOINSIGNIA VOL.8. includes 8 stories and 1 poem with historical Japanese settings.Contributors: Kelly Matsuura, Alanna Robertson-Webb, tetsuya Sato, Toshiya Kamei, John H. Dromey, Carmen Indalecio, Russell Hemmell, Jo Wu