A young boy in a southern Taiwanese harbor town watches as his older brother's crew — the Wind Gang — ride bikes and dream of hosting a lighthouse concert. A bittersweet, lightly magical coming-of-age story.
Chang Chien Shu-Wei
Chang Chien Shu-Wei is a novelist from Kaohsiung who has received the Liang Shih-chiu Literary Award and Kaohsiung Literary Award. His short story collection has been published and shortlisted for the Crimson Hall Poetry Society Publishing Grant.
A salesman in Taichung finds himself captivated by a woman at a college reunion karaoke night. The two circle each other on city streets with practiced nonchalance, searching for genuine warmth. A cool, precise urban love story with pop jazz rhythms and a touch of nostalgia.
Chen Ai-Chi
Chen Ai-Chi (b. 1990) graduated from National Taiwan University. Her novella collection was shortlisted for the Crimson Hall Poetry Society Publishing Grant.
MULU OFFICE is a publishing and book design studio based in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Founded in 2021, MULU has been actively experimenting with different ways of transforming images into pages. In addition to its own publications, the studio frequently collaborates with artists across disciplines and develops a translation series focusing on image theory, art, culture, and philosophy.
LA VIE CINE is an audio-visual and cultural incubator specializing in film, ACG, literature, and XR. Supported by international funding, we bridge the gap between film and comic production through cross-border story development and expert project management. Our mission is to fuse creativity with technology, crafting narratives that resonate with the Asian spirit and a modern global perspective.
After a motorcycle crash leaves gang youth Tiger in a vegetative state, his soul slips into the Underworld. A grim fate awaits: he will be forced back into his paralyzed body within seven days. Desperate for escape, he turns to Nana—an experienced proxy—and becomes entangled in TAG, a system of spiritual substitution orchestrated by the enigmatic Uncle Guang. But this path only leads them into an even more brutal situation.
An alien girl and a human girl set out on a coming-of-age adventure, exploring the challenges of growing up and the gendered constraints imposed on three generations of women in Taiwan and within Confucian societies.
The author is a female sociologist. From childhood to adulthood, she has witnessed how men around her struggle to live up to society’s expectations of masculinity, while at the same time being labeled as privileged beneficiaries.
With keen observation and rigorous research, she reveals the anxiety, repression, and silent suffering that men experience throughout their lives.
Drawing on her own experiences, current events, and social case studies, the author examines the expectations placed on men within the family, school, workplace, intimate relationships, and marriage.
Tibet Crossing recounts the author's 2009 journey through two ""crossings"": from China to Tibet, and Tibet to Nepal. More than a physical journey, it serves as a metaphor for shifting identities, historical echoes, and conflicting realities. The narrative hesitation reveals the unspoken weight of a Han Chinese perspective, conveying a silent, empathetic gaze. Blending hard-pen outlines with colored pencil, the art captures both the journey's magnificent, exotic beauty and a profound, intimate reality that can only be understood firsthand.
A boy from a single-parent family becomes entangled in a wealthy businessman’s missing mail case. Accompanied by his cow-patterned cat Milo, he solves the mystery of the stolen mail and becomes a little hero who saves the entire town.
Richard Chiang
Richard Chiang graduated from the Graduate Institute of Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, USA. After working for over twenty years in advertising, marketing, and the media industry, his interest in cultural and creative fields led him to begin self-studying illustration and writing.
