I am delighted to announce the publication of a collection of my shorter prose – novellas and short […]
Nagasaki during the time of the Tokugawa Shogunate. A samurai named Kurima Raizo carries out the execution of […]
Hitori Gotō is so socially awkward and shy that by the time she leaves elementary school she has […]
Overnight rain –the fall of a thousand dropsbrings peace to my heart Copyright © Brendan E Byrne 2023. […]
Across the dawn skyangry smudge of orange light –smoke in my nostrils Copyright © Brendan E Byrne 2023. […]
Already the dawnfeels tainted with the day’s warmth –struggling up this hill Copyright © Brendan E Byrne 2023. […]
In the post-apocalyptic landscape of a world ruined by global conflict, two former soldiers – human Deunan and […]
In the paling skylunar orb and streetlamp globe –twin moons of the dawn Copyright © Brendan E Byrne […]
Piebald sentinelwatching me with wary eye –birdsong in my wake Copyright © Brendan E Byrne 2023. All rights […]
Shinpei Ajiro had a relatively carefree upbringing on the island of Hitogashima, located off the western coast of […]
Thick as fallen snowI sweep dead leaves down the path –Summer detritus © Copyright Brendan E Byrne 2023. […]
Brendan E Byrne 