Writers in Kyoto

Category: Fiction

Gaijin’s Redemption

  • By Stephen Benfey
A short story on fitting in.

My Own Lucky Number Seven

  • By Marianne Kimura
A four-act story on conversion.

Here be Dragons

  • By Alejandra Olivera
An excerpt and commentary from the author on an intricate historical novel on love and the sense of place.

The Baby Shower

  • By Suzanne Kamata
An intriguing excerpt from Kamata's book called The Baseball Widow.

A Rock has a Hundred Faces

  • By Stephen Benfey
Just when you think you've heard everything...a cautionary tale.

Meander Meets the New Year

  • By Stephen Benfey
A cat in the Year of the Tiger.

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.

88 Seconds

  • By Simon Rowe
A fictionalized reconstruction of a robbery.

Kodokushi (A Solitary Death)

  • By Rebecca Otowa
A nurse's life and death

The Last Ghost of Summer

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

A rewrite

  • By David Joiner
A new opening to The Heron Catchers.

“Peace, the Charm’s Wound Up” Short Story

  • By Marianne Kimura
A clever tale on changing environments.

Ichi-go Ichi-e — A Serendipitous Encounter

  • By Peter Macintosh
Serendipity personified in this short story of Gion.

Cheerful Bones

  • By Lisa Twaronite Sone
What the zoologist's son did. A unique tale.

Kaguya Himeko

  • By Marianne Kimura
An alternative and modern version of the folktale Kaguyahime.

Hearn 7: Kimiko

  • By John Dougill
Synopsis and commentary on a story.

Prologue to a War

  • By Malcolm Ledger
A selection on Kyoto from an upcoming work.

Hearn 6: The Reconciliation

  • By John Dougill
Synopsis and commentary on a story.

Hearn 4: The Ditty of O-Kichi and Seiza

  • By Lafcadio Hearn
Commentary on a Lafcadio Hearn story.

The Witches Play Macbeth

  • By Marianne Kimura
What the witches were up to.

Essential Work

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

The Heron Catchers (Pt 2)

  • By David Joiner
The second part of a draft of the first chapter of a novel.

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