Writers in Kyoto

Tag: short story

A Man Caught by History

  • By Rebecca Otowa
A Biblical story.

Book Review: Each of Us a Petal, by Amanda Huggins

  • By Rebecca Otowa
A collection of 19 short stories, romantic, spiritual and full of small details of life in Japan.

Cold Waterfall

  • By Stephen Benfey
A short story on spending time with a yamabushi and the rewards it reaped.

Anger Management

  • By Andrew Innes
A short story on managing one's anger in Japan.

STRAIGHT IN THE EYE

  • By Amanda Huggins
On meeting bears in Kamikochi.

Kyoto City Mayoral Prize – (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Amanda Huggins
A short piece on Kyoto in the snow.

Tofu, Thank You

  • By Stephen Benfy
A tale of a tofu hawker.

Enter the Ink

  • By Elaine Lies
A story of a tattoo that will have you on the edge of your seat.

A Life or Death Decision

  • By Sara Ackerman Aoyama
A short story on coffee and life choices.

Tool of the Deity

  • By Lisa Twaronite Sone
A short story on sweeping the dust at Hounji.

IN THE POOL

  • By Lisa Twaronite Sone
A short story on an abandoned swimming pool. Or is it?

Foxes of Kyoto

  • By Stephen Benfey
On serendipity and spooky occurrences.

Afternoon Tea in Teramachi

  • By Nicholas Teele
A wartime memory.

Book Review: The Short Story Collective: 13 Tales from Japan, by Andrew Innes

  • By Rebecca Otowa
A review of stories that the reviewer calls both challenging and entertaining.

88 Seconds

  • By Simon Rowe
A fictionalized reconstruction of a robbery.

The Last Ghost of Summer

  • By Fernando Torres
On becoming a ghost in Kyoto and a trip into virtual reality.

Essential Work

  • By Lisa Twaronite Sone
A short story on customer service and a cash drawer that always balances.

Lovely! (Part One)

  • By Tina deBellegarde
Part One of a short story set in a music store in Kyoto.

WiK Competition 2020 Second Prize

  • By Amanda Huggins
A short piece on a break-up.

WiK Competition 2020 Local Prize

  • By Kristin Osani
A short piece on a hole-in-the wall bar to be found.

Book Review: The Mad Kyoto Shoe Swapper and Other Short Stories, by Rebecca Otowa

  • By Ian Yates
A review of Otowa's collection of short stories on a range of topics and feelings.

Greenhouse Blues

  • By Simon Rowe
More from Our Man in Himeji.

Here comes Kenji

  • By Kevin Ramsden
A short story set in a bar in Osaka.

The Horned God

  • By Marianne Kimura
A short story on pagan gods and their love of festivities.

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