When Mei Tachibana was a primary school student, she was unfairly blamed for the sudden death of her […]
From a silent worldI emerge into the light –waves break like thunder ©Copyright Brendan E Byrne 2022. All […]
A bright explosionbeneath the pond’s calm surface –coloured koi swimming © Copyright Brendan E Byrne 2022. All rights […]
I am going to be honest with you here and admit straight up that I stole the idea […]
Summer afternoon –remembering the time whenyou and I held hands ©Copyright Brendan E Byrne 2022. All rights reserved.
Komi Shōko is attractive and intelligent, and wildly popular with her fellow high schoolers – but she suffers […]
Afternoon swimmingbiplane buzzing overhead –summer dragonfly © Copyright Brendan E Byrne 2022. All rights reserved.
Japan, 1921, during the reign of the Taisho Emperor (1912-1926). Tamahiko Shima grows up in an economically privileged […]
So it’s the New Year, and amid all the resolutions, to-do lists, and “that was the year that […]
Depression beginswith thoughts of you – fool to thinkI was strong enough ©Copyright Brendan E Byrne 2022. All […]
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