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A Rock has a Hundred Faces
Feb 7, 2022
By Stephen Benfey
Just when you think you've heard everything...a cautionary tale.
Meander Meets the New Year
Jan 30, 2022
By Stephen Benfey
A cat in the Year of the Tiger.
IN THE POOL
Dec 8, 2021
By Lisa Twaronite Sone
A short story on an abandoned swimming pool. Or is it?
Foxes of Kyoto
Nov 22, 2021
By Stephen Benfey
On serendipity and spooky occurrences.
Afternoon Tea in Teramachi
Nov 18, 2021
By Nicholas Teele
A wartime memory.
88 Seconds
Nov 1, 2021
By Simon Rowe
A fictionalized reconstruction of a robbery.
Kodokushi (A Solitary Death)
Oct 12, 2021
By Rebecca Otowa
A nurse's life and death
The Last Ghost of Summer
Sep 10, 2021
By Fernando Torres
On becoming a ghost in Kyoto and a trip into virtual reality.
A rewrite
Aug 18, 2021
By David Joiner
A new opening to The Heron Catchers.
“Peace, the Charm’s Wound Up”Short Story
Aug 12, 2021
By Marianne Kimura
A clever tale on changing environments.
Ichi-go Ichi-e–A Serendipitous Encounter
Aug 7, 2021
By Peter Macintosh
Serendipity personified in this short story of Gion.
Cheerful Bones
Jul 15, 2021
By Lisa Twaronite Sone
What the zoologist's son did. A unique tale.
Kaguya Himeko
May 2, 2021
By Marianne Kimura
An alternative and modern version of the folktale Kaguyahime.
Hearn 7: Kimiko
Apr 29, 2021
By John Dougill
Synopsis and commentary on a story.
Prologue to a War
Prologue to a War
Apr 26, 2021
By Malcolm Ledger
A selection on Kyoto from an upcoming work.
Hearn 6: The Reconciliation
Apr 17, 2021
By John Dougill
Synopsis and commentary on a story.
Hearn 4: The Ditty of O-Kichi and Seiza
Feb 3, 2021
By Lafcadio Hearn
Commentary on a Lafcadio Hearn story.
The Witches Play Macbeth
Nov 23, 2020
By Marianne Kimura
What the witches were up to.
Essential Work
Oct 30, 2020
By Lisa Twaronite Sone
A short story on customer service and a cash drawer that always balances.
The Heron Catchers (Pt 2)
Oct 16, 2020
By David Joiner
The second part of a draft of the first chapter of a novel.
The Heron Catchers (Pt 1)
Oct 9, 2020
By David Joiner
A draft of the first chapter of a novel.
The Last of Michiko
Oct 2, 2020
By Amanda Huggins
A short story about a budding romance.
Lovely! (Part Two)
Sep 22, 2020
By WiK
Part Two of a short story set in a music store in Kyoto.
Lovely! (Part One)
Sep 21, 2020
By Tina deBellegarde
Part One of a short story set in a music store in Kyoto.
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