Publisher Description

If you like your fables with a dash of bloodshed, then The Girl Sudan Painted Like a Gold Ring is the anthology you have been waiting for. Author Theresa Fuller has collected a fascinating group of tales based on the oral storytelling history of the Sea Dyaks of Borneo.
The twist? The Dyaks were headhunters!
A TINY MOUSEDEER BATTLES A SPIRIT GIANT
A GIRL MUST SAVE HER VILLAGE FROM AN ARMY OF HEAD-HUNTERS
HOW A HEDGEHOG HELPS A BULLIED BOY BECOME A GOD In this book you will find stories designed to entertain and teach, all from the point of view of a culture based in honor, courtesy, and war.

Author Biography

Theresa Fuller grew up with ghosts outside her front door.Born in Singapore to Peranakan parents, Theresa was encouraged in her writing by her teacher, Chia Hearn Chek, a well-known local author. Educated in Singapore and Australia, she worked as an analyst/programmer and later as a high school teacher. Her first short story THE CRICKET SON was published in VOICES OF THE PAST, An Anthology of Stories Passed Down In Australian Families.Her breakthrough novel is the Steampunk YA THE GHOST ENGINE, published in March 2018. It won a mentorship at the Australasian Horror Writers' Association. THE GHOST ENGINE combines her love of technology with her enthusiasm for Victorian England. Her second novel, The Girl who became a Goddess, is a collection of folktales from Singapore. Malaysia and China published in May 2019. Theresa currently resides with her family in Sydney, Australia. Isabella Latorre is a Brazilian digital artist specialized in video game art. Born in 1996, Isabella has shown passion for art and video games since childhood and with the support of her parents she was able to continue her studies in game art until it became a career. Over the last decade, she was able to contribute to several projects including games, books, and educational apps. Currently, she works at a Brazilian outsourcing company that creates art for stylized games. Bruneian artist and illustrator currently based in Melbourne, Amalina Abu Bakar is best known for her traditional hyperrealism and monochromatic art. Years after her art studies ended, she began exploring digital arts - replacing the traditional approach to a newer inventive technological approach to art where many of her subjects revolve around personal interpretation of history and imagination.

Review

If you like your fables with a dash of bloodshed, then The Girl Sudan Painted Like a Gold Ring is the anthology you've been waiting for. Author Theresa Fuller has collected a fascinating group of tales based on the oral storytelling history of the Sea Dyaks of Borneo.
The twist? The Dyaks were headhunters!
In this book you'll find stories designed to entertain and teach, all from the point of view of a culture based in honor, courtesy, and war. You'll read about Akal Pelandok the Ageless Mousedeer, the Were-Tiger's beautiful sister, and Pulang-Gana, the God of the Earth. Along the way, you'll also find out why the Dyaks were head hunters and learn some of the customs and traditions of the Sea Dyaks.
Originally, these were tales that would have been sung around fires or to young children. Now, Fuller delivers them in an equally entertaining format. Without a doubt, this is the perfect book for people who enjoy fables and fairy tales, but have been seeking something just a little bit different. So hold on to your head and dive in. The Girl Sudan Painted Like a Gold Ring will not disappoint. - JG Faherty, author of The Cure, Sins of the Father, and The Burning Time. "A fascinating exploration of subject matter exotic and taboo, as meticulous in its research as it is breathtaking in its presentation of mythology and folk tales which will be new to many readers, delivered with razor sharp precision."
- Gregory Lamberson, The Jake Helman Files and Black Creek

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