Fantasy and Sci-Fi Author
Fellow of the IYAS Philippine National Writers Workshop
Cedric Tan
Cedric is a Manila-based author, and lifelong lover of fantasy and sci-fi.His short stories have previously been published in various magazines and anthologies, including Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 9, Terrors Unimagined, and Flash Fiction Magazine.His 2nd novel, The Hotel Titania, will be available on March 19, 2026.
Novels
The Hotel Titania
When small town girl Liezel Dormer first checks into a lovely New York City hotel, everything seems normal. She soon learns, however, that the employees are not at all what they seem. The receptionist is a faerie, able to cast magic at the snap of a finger. The singer at the bar, a naiad from the depths of the sea. And the doorman, an ancient dryad with skin like tree bark.Through a twist of fate, Liezel is hired as a bartender for the hotel, where she learns all about the magical world hidden within her own. Unfortunately, as a human, Liezel is going to have to figure it all out without magic of her own.
The Replication Game
Eight strangers wake up trapped in a house, the participants of a sinister social experiment. Seven of them are humans, but one is an android- a 'Humarion,' lifelike and indistinguishable from the other participants in every conceivable way. Their goal: identify who among them is the Humarion and destroy it.Just one warning: "Any human deaths that occur over the course of the game are, regrettably, final."
Short Stories
The Potion Shop
Some people might have called the shop dark and dingy, and its location—tucked away in a corner of the city’s rougher neighborhoods, where the cobblestone streets teemed with petty thieves—didn’t help, either. Still, the potion shop worked well for people who preferred not to hang around large crowds.A short story, published in Flash Fiction Magazine 2018.
The Urchins
Marco was thinking about the massive pair of glass eyes that gave him nightmares. The thought distracted him so much that the ball almost sailed past his head into the goal. When he registered it flying toward him, though, he managed to stick his hand out and slap it away at the last second, prompting a chorus of cheers from his team. He chuckled and shook his head to clear his mind, trying to re-focus on the game in front of him.A short story, published in Flash Fiction Magazine 2019.