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Murder-House Impostor Thriller ‘The Stand-In Family’ Wins Mirror Fiction Award at Taiwan Creative Content Fest
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Taiwanese literary IP developer and production company Mirror Fiction announced the winners of its fifth Mirror Fiction Award and unveiled five projects for its 2027 slate at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF). The NT$1 million ($32,000) Grand Prize went to Iris Kong for “Th
Taiwanese literary IP developer and production company Mirror Fiction announced the winners of its fifth Mirror Fiction Award and unveiled five projects for its 2027 slate at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF). The NT$1 million ($32,000) Grand Prize went to Iris Kong for “The Stand-In Family” (provisional title), a suspense novel about four strangers […]
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