Writers in Kyoto

Category: Fiction

Enter the Ink

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

A Murder on Teramachi Street

  • By Sara 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 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 Karen Lee Tawarayama
An excerpt from a novel in progress about failing in Zen.

Lemon

  • By John Dougill
A famous short story written in 1924.

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 John Dougill
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 WiK Admin
A wartime memory.

88 Seconds

  • By Simon Rowe
A fictionalized reconstruction of a robbery.

Kodokushi (A Solitary Death)

  • By John Dougill
A nurse's life and death

The Last Ghost of Summer

  • By John Dougill
On becoming a ghost in Kyoto and a trip into virtual reality.

A rewrite

  • By John Dougill
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 WiK Admin
Serendipity personified in this short story of Gion.

Cheerful Bones

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

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