Most Popular Books by QUEENIE CHAN

Where do these vanished girls come from, and why have they returned? In this climatic closing arc, Amber gets a strange warning from beyond the grave, while Jeanie and Miss Anu finally uncover the truth behind the school''s earliest disappearances. Although the girls have ultimately discovered the name of the dark entity haunting their dreams, Jeanie fails to notice the danger Amber was truly in until it''s too late... An atmospheric supernatural mystery-horror, this is a Lovecraftian take on the Australian classic Picnic at Hanging Rock.

When twin sisters Amber and Jeanie are accepted into an exclusive boarding school, their future looks bright. But the school''s halls harbour a terrible secret: students have been known to wander into the surrounding bushlands and vanish...without a trace! No one knows where they went— or why. But as Amber and Jeanie are about to learn, the key to the school''s dark past may lie in the world of their dreams. An atmospheric supernatural mystery-horror, this is a Lovecraftian tale in the tradition of such Australian classics as Picnic at Hanging Rock.

"That is not dead which can eternal lie..." - H.P. Lovecraft, "The Nameless City" (1921) After the discovery of Millie''s body, Greenwich Private College grinds to a complete halt as gloom and despair sets in. As students begin leaving the school, Jeanie continues to investigate more into the school''s dark past, while Amber''s dreams reveal a dark, nameless entity. As all the disparate threads about the missing students start coming together, a startling event happens on one rainy night that throws the entire school into panic... An atmospheric supernatural mystery-horror, this is a Lovecraftian take on the Australian classic Picnic at Hanging Rock.

An anthology of eleven short manga stories from writer-artist Queenie Chan, creator of "The Dreaming" and illustrator of the "Odd Thomas" graphic novels (with Dean Koontz). Covering a decade of her best work from 2000-2010, the stories range from horror to romance, to adventure and fantasy. You can preview the stories on the creator''s website. The stories are: "Sister Holmes: The Nun in the Bar," "Elevator," "Forget-Me-Not," "Shoes," "Sleeping Chick," "Portrait of a Sociopath," "Message to You," "The Two-Dollar Deal," "Ten Years Ago Today," "Keeper of the Soul - Prelude," and "A Short Ghost Story."

Follows the adventures of twin sisters Amber and Jeanie who uncover a dark secret after enrolling at Greenwich Private College, a boarding school in New South Wales where girls seem to vanish without leaving a trace.

What if Little Red Riding Hood''s grandmother isn''t her real grandmother? What if her two true born grandmothers are both Queens - and one is good, while the other one is evil? Celsia is a ''Red Hood,'' a healer-in-training living with her grandmother in a small village deep in the woods. Life is ordinary and uneventful, until a shocking truth is uncovered - her grandmother isn''t her real grandmother. Forced to flee her village, Celsia soon finds herself on a quest to seek her two trueborn grandmothers - both powerful queens of magical kingdoms. Accompanied by her childhood friend Quillon and the cheeky faun Pylus, her destination is the Fabled Kingdom of Fallinor, which was destroyed over 60 years ago. Or... was it?

*PROSE-ONLY EDITION* Trapped in an elevator with a murdered man. A woman''s foot savaged by something as she reads ghost stories late at night. A boy flees from a battlefield, only to be swallowed by a tree. A starving family struggles to stay civilised. Here are 8 spine-chilling short stories for you to read in the late hours of the night.

Trapped in an elevator with a murdered man... A woman''s foot savaged by something as she reads ghost stories late at night... A boy flees from a battlefield, only to be swallowed by a tree... A starving family struggles to stay civilised... Here are four spine-chilling, Twilight Zone-esque stories illustrated in comics-prose for you to read in the late hours of the night. Written and illustrated by Queenie Chan, the creator of The Dreaming and various other stories, this collection of short horror stories covers the full range, from creepy to macabre, to the weird and disturbing.

沒長相、沒身材沒青春、沒學歷、沒財富、沒家世的「沒女」，怎麼變美麗？ 「有長相並不代表擁有幸福的門 ， 沒美貌不代表人生永遠不美好。 人生欠缺甚麼，便用自身其他強處來補強。」 當大家化濃妝而你以淡妝示人，你會因脫俗而出眾。 當大家謾罵而你沉默莞爾面對，你會因教養而出眾。 當大家都公主病而你替人設想，你會因個性而出眾。 這本書，教你誠實面對自己，建立自信，擇善自愛！ 皮肉鬆掉，自信也跟著往下掉。 「收皮」，又豈只一種療程能改善？ 這本書分五章節：醫美、化妝、護膚、食療、建立自信。 微整、動刀是「深層美容」。 塗脂抹粉是「淺層」美容。 保養護膚是「必須卻有限」的「基本美容」。 飲食、生活習慣、內在自信，是無險無限、內外兼備的「生活美容」。 做齊五樣，「視覺年齡」比「實際年齡」小，競爭力和優越感也就愈大。 靠人不如靠自己，愛美問人不如看這書。 美療如做愛，大多數的人敢做不敢認，醫生也多隱惡揚善。作者以自身經歷，揭示注隆填、V臉瘦腿豐胸、肉毒桿菌美容/止汗真相，吃甚麼會毀容、喝哪些能排毒、如何塗抹讓沒女變美女。 愛美之心，人皆有之，人人都有追求美麗的權利。美容、整形對作者人生有許多影響。除了整她的肉身外，Q一直很努力整頓內心和想法。外層的整形有限制，內在的整形是無上限的！外貌也許是機會的門票，卻不是幸福的「終身通行證」！ 女人不可能完美， 但女人可以用positive thinking（正面思想）和positive energy（正向能量）, 令自己愈變愈美，in every different way。 本書特色 醫美：作者以她的經歷，從眼、面、鼻、胸，到手、臀、腿等各部位的準備、過程、復原期、注意事項，提醒讀者當中的好處及風險，及醫生不會提醒你的某些真相，讓決定前做好心理準備。 化妝護膚：不但教導如何化出亮麗妝容及化妝Tips，更教你DIY面膜、面霜，用最天然最廉宜的方式護膚，更從化妝品、護膚品成分分析及指導讀者學會閱讀，購買時不要一味只看誇大了的廣告介紹。 食療：我們身邊充滿著美味、亦充滿著疑似健康的食品，作者提醒你「健康」背後的真相，及教你如何吃得健康養生。

去年Queenie開始籌備TVB家居真人秀，節目裏想要傳遞的就是「斷捨離」的生活哲學。 「斷」就是斷絕不需要的東西， 「捨」代表捨棄多餘的廢物， 「離」是指脫離對物品的執着。 不要以為斷捨離就是叫大家不斷丟東西，其實斷捨離是一種生活哲學，一種自愛的態度，一種對緣份的選擇：拒絕無用社交，清理生命中有毒的人，脫離對負面情緒的執着，和不適合自己的人事物積極地分手。

In the third of the "Women Who Were Kings" series, we follow the life of one of England''s most celebrated monarchs--Queen Elizabeth 1. From her difficult early childhood to her struggle to ascend to the throne, her remarkable reign nonetheless laid the foundations for the later British Empire, even as it came at great personal cost. What were her small moments of triumph, and private moments of despair? What is her story?

In the fourth of the "Women Who Were Kings" series, we follow the life of Russia''s most famous Empress--Catherine the Great. From her loveless marriage to the bloodless coup where she seized the throne, her remarkable reign ushered in a new Golden Age for Russia and the height of its European influence. A tireless reformer, what were her greatest achievements? What is her story?

In the second of this "Women Who Were Kings" series, we chart the life of Wu Zetian, China''s only female Emperor. Born a commoner, she became a concubine to two generations of Emperors, before becoming an Empress, and finally seizing the throne after her husband''s death.Her remarkable ascent and political acumen is told in this story, along with her economic and military achievements, which brought decades of prosperity to China. How did such a low-born woman seize the reins of such a great Empire? What is her story?

"Meet a young man named Odd ... who helps the dead get even." From the infinite imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes the suspenseful graphic-novel debut of a natural-born hero with a supernatural twist. Odd Thomas is a regular nineteen-year-old with an unusual gift: the ability to see the lingering spirits of the dead. To Odd, it''s not such a big deal. And most folks in sleepy Pico Mundo, California, are much more interested in the irresistible pancakes Odd whips up at the local diner. Still, communing with the dead can be useful. Because while some spirits only want a little company ... others want justice. When the sad specter of a very frightened boy finds its way to him, Odd vows to root out the evil suddenly infecting the sunny streets of Pico Mundo. But even with his exceptional ability?plus the local police and his pistol-packing girlfriend, Stormy, backing him?is Odd any match for a faceless stalker who''s always a step ahead ... and determined to kill again?