A samurai seals a pact with an evil spirit. (flash fiction)
Category: fiction
I Did Right. (fiction)
All is not right under the azure sky.
Linda’s Father (fiction)
"Life is a strange thing," he said.
Yasuke, the Black Samurai (2)
The opening passage of the story of the Black Samurai.
In the Interrogation Room
A cop interrogates a suspect over a murder case.
The Muse
A frustrated writer tries to become a muse for a younger writer (fiction).
The Bechdel Test
Now known as the Bechdel-Wallace test, it is a test to measure the level of gender enlightenment in any given script or manuscript. It has three criteria. 1) The story must have at least two women in it who 2) talk to each other about 3) something other than men. Needless to say, most Hollywood … Continue reading The Bechdel Test
Bomb Under the Table
“Hello, Susan my wife and fulltime housewife who helps the local Daisy scouts bake cookies. I see you are coming in holding a cup of coffee.” “Hello, Brian my husband of five years who watches football on TV in his underpants and leaves his dirty socks on the floor. How was your day at the … Continue reading Bomb Under the Table
The Samurai Novelist
I write under the nom de plume Akira Fuyuno. I am a professional with a full time job, but I have dreamed of becoming a novelist since childhood. I hope to meet other aspiring novelists and discuss writing and its difficulties. I am Japanese (living in rural Japan) and English is my second language, but … Continue reading The Samurai Novelist
Samurai Novelist 