Post Mortem, Parts 61-90

LXI. Mister Father gets sad reading me, but he will comfort himself, for he has a tendency to frivolity, it allows one to live and when one gets old,…


Post Mortem, Parts 31-60

translated by Romain P.A. Delpeuch XXXI. We were hypocrites, we made light of her fears and her hopes, it was the most horrible drama, our mores…


Post Mortem, Parts 1-30

translated by Romain P.A. Delpeuch I. Madam Mother is dead, I had forgotten her for some while, her demise brings her back to my remembrance, if only…


Yonezawa Arts and Artistry

Yumemado’s numerous hand-crafted wood products include windows and doors. I. Japan is known to members of my generation by three iconic words, and…


Writing, Writing, Writing, Writing

The details of my birth aren’t important. I hate the "a new star appeared in the sky" or "the clock struck twelve and I began to cry" bullshit. Kim…


Newspapers and Me on a Personal Trip Through Time

JAPS BOMB PEARL HARBOR…December 7, 1941. That was the headline splashed across the front page of the Fresno Bee lying on the floor nearby. I was…


Lessons for a Shayna Madela

I was 7 years old when my family took a road trip to Miami Beach, Florida from our hometown, Buffalo, New York. We took Grandma Davidoff with us.…


Why We See Disasters But Can’t Escape? (Excerpt)

translated by Xela H. Although the world is huge, from the universe and nature to the human life system, to the modern political frameworks that…


All Tomorrow’s Plans

drafts Hey I know this is weird but I’m going to kill myself tomorrow and I wanted to know if you’d be down to hang out before then. Listen, don’t…


Time Travel

The Present What happens when you run across the minefield, safely arriving to greener pastures, but see an enormous shadow in front of you? What…