Writers in Kyoto

Tag: short story

Hearn 6: The Reconciliation

Synopsis and commentary on a story.

Hearn 4: The Ditty of O-Kichi and Seiza

Commentary on a Lafcadio Hearn story.

Essential Work

A short story on customer service and a cash drawer that always balances.

The Last of Michiko

A short story about a budding romance.

Lovely! (Part Two)

Part Two of a short story set in a music store in Kyoto.

Lovely! (Part One)

Part One of a short story set in a music store in Kyoto.

WiK Competition 2020 Second Prize

A short piece on a break-up.

WiK Competition 2020 Local Prize

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

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

Lafcadio Hearn’s Kyoto stories

Dougill writes on Hearn and his works.

Greenhouse Blues

More from Our Man in Himeji.

Here comes Kenji

A short story set in a bar in Osaka.

The Horned God

A short story on pagan gods and their love of festivities.

Interactive Story

A short story with a challenge to readers.

MONKEY WANT BANANA

A short story about an English teacher in Kyoto.

Pearl City

The beginning of a longer short story entitled 'Pearl City.'

Travelling North

A short story on a hitchhiking experience.

Hearn’s Kyoto Stories 2: Sympathy of Benten

A review of a Lafcadio Hearn story from his book entitled Shadowings (1900).

Short Short Stories

Description of the genre of short and flash fiction with a few examples and links.

WiK Competition 2017 Winner

Winning short story of the WIK 2017 Writing Competition.

WiK Competition 2017 Runner-up

A competition entry from Florentyna Leow, a Malaysian student in Kyoto.

WiK Competition 2017 Runner-up

Short story submitted to the 2017 WIK writing competition.

Transience

An short story set in Gion from the 2016 WIK writing competition.

WiK Competition winner: Kimono memories

The feelings under an elegant kimono.

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