Gypsum Sound Tales has published a short story of mine in the latest issue of COLP. The theme for this issue is “a little bit of nonsense,” so it should have something for everyone. Wild inexplicable tales and peyote filled vision quests perhaps. Check it out and my story as well! The paperback is available now here: […]
Royal Academy 為生学園 Episode 4 – Rinse and Repeat It was a morning like every other. Sakurano Shuhei rode in the back of the car with the streets of Kiseirei passing by the tinted windows. He kept his legs crossed as he gazed out, eyes unfocused. The shops, stores, morning commuters and clean sidewalks […]
The television blinked to life at the press of a button. The next would switch the VCR on. A little green light appeared and one more button started the sixth tape in their home movie marathon. It was a walk down memory lane and he, the Operator. The screen came to life with laughter. The […]
Once upon a time, there was a princess who lived in a tower, guarded by a dragon. She was fair and kind, the prettiest in the land and awaited for her prince to save her—at least, that’s what the king told his son. “There’s a girl. She’s fair and kind. She lives in a […]
You’re driving. The car is a black Honda Civic and you’re going seventy down route 22. It’s a warm summer night, but you leave the windows rolled all the way up. It’s stuffy and hot. Sweat trickles down your face, your back is damp and your palms are slippery against the wheel. You press harder […]
Royal Academy 為生学園 Episode 3 – Waltz 10 Years Earlier – Grade 2. Yukiji got out of the car, but wasn’t quick enough to avoid saying goodbye to his mother. She walked around the car, high heels making a soft clacking noise on the pavement. In her hands was a lunch box, wrapped up […]
She peeked into the darkness of her room and saw the silver reflection of her cat’s eyes. But when she turned on the light, she found her child sitting there instead.
Royal Academy 為生学園 Episode 2 – A New Transfer Yukiji Obata liked to walk to school. He woke up at six and was out the door by seven, dressed in his white blazer, tie and black pants. “Ittekimasu,” he said as he left his house, a traditional Japanese styled manor. His route was […]
The sun set in a valley of waste. The skeletons of buildings that once stood tall stuck out of the dry dirt, like crooked fingers, reaching for the sky. The house on Ninth Street still stood. It didn’t have a roof anymore. The stairs led to empty space where bedrooms once were. The tiles of […]
Takke went down to the shore, where the docks creaked above slow churning waters, as cold and grey as coming storms. He knew the path well, every bush and tree. When the breeze blew and salt touched his tongue, he knew to leave the path, and cut through the line of trees, whose bodies […]
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