Publication Date: April 7, 2026
Freedom has a price. Compassion makes it higher.
Fan has been a slave since the day cutthroats murdered her father and sold her to the powerful Wang family. In a household teeming with intrigue, Fan survives by staying quiet, working hard, and trusting no one. But beneath her silence lies a fierce resolve to escape.
Fan hatches a plan to rob her tormentors and make a run for freedom. To pull it off, she must rely on an unlikely band of friends: two foreign-born slaves, a kindhearted gangster, a royal spy, and a clever raven.
But just as Fan’s dream seems within reach, she befriends a newly arrived child slave. For the first time, Fan must choose: will she save herself, or will she risk everything to fight for someone else?
A young girl stolen from her home must navigate a new life as an enslaved person during the Tang Dynasty.
Author Vincent Stoia tells the story of Fan Chun Hua in Little Fox. Life as an enslaved person to the Wang family proves to be arduous, especially with the hateful Wang siblings always waiting to cause trouble.
Through numerous events, Fan’s desire to seek freedom grows. She quickly learns to rely on her wits for survival, which eventually provides a means of escape.
Despite the dreadful circumstances, Fan’s compassion for a new enslaved child causes her to shift her priorities and chart a different future. Packed with emotion, the conclusion delivers a full-circle moment for the characters.
Little Fox brings a period in Chinese history to life through the voice of an enslaved person yearning for freedom.
 
Vinnie is a novelist and a screenwriter. He grew up in Boston, but he has spent more than fifteen years abroad. He has lived in Australia, Taiwan and Japan. Vinnie’s two previous novels, Jin Village and Dark Blossom, are both horror stories set in China. Most of Vinnie’s prose is horror. As a screenwriter, he tends to write comedies. Horror and comedy may seem like a strange combination to some, but Vinnie respectfully disagrees. After all, both genres come from dark places. His novels and screenplays have placed in prestigious contests, and his short film The House won several first-place awards.
