Writers in Kyoto

Category: Fiction

Book Review: Proxima’s Gift, by Marc Peter Keane

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Three hundred years after an apocalyptic event, a future society finds a new connection to nature.

Book Review: River of Dolls and Other Stories, by Suzanne Kamata

  • By Tina deBellegarde
A vivid collection of stories about mothers and daughters, girls and women, wives and ex-wives.

An Unfamiliar Landscape

  • By Amanda Huggins
A short story from Amanda Huggins’ collection, Each of Us a Petal.

Book Review: Tropes Twined With Truth: A Sandy Fantasy That Sticks

  • By Felicity Tillack
A review of Cinnamon Beach, a book by Suzanne Kamata

What Happened to Momo’s Family

  • By Rebecca Otowa
A short story of historical fiction set in the mountains between Kyoto and Nagoya.

Prologue to a War (Continued)

  • By Malcolm Ledger
From a work in progress by Malcolm Ledger

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.

The Name of the Willow

  • By Marc Keane
The author describes the process of creating his book entitled The Name of the Willow.

Cold Waterfall

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

Book Review: The Heron Catchers, by David Joiner

  • By Rebecca Copeland
A review of the author's second novel set in a rural town near Kanazawa.

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.

Tofu, Thank You

  • By Stephen Benfy
A tale of a tofu hawker.

An Important Day

  • By Tetiana Korchuk
Time travel to Kyoto.

The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn

  • By Amber Logan
An excerpt from a modern Gothic retelling of The Secret Garden.

Enter the Ink

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

A Murder on Teramachi Street

  • By Sara Ackerman Aoyama
An excerpt from an upcoming cozy mystery set on Teramachi Street.

Soul Family

  • By Marianne Kimura
A reflection on what has past and what is to come.

Book Review: The Book of Form and Emptiness, by Ruth Ozeki

  • By Rebecca Otowa
A review of Ruth Ozeki's fourth novel which takes place largely in a library and where one can feel the author's presence.

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.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Honorable Mentions

  • By Jeremiah Dutch
An excerpt from a novel in progress about failing in Zen.

Lemon

  • By Motojirō Kajii
A famous short story written in 1924.

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