Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories

The term 'sensei' is an honorific title bestowed on teachers and experts, and there is a certain amount of clout that comes with the title. In "Jack Sensei"the title refers to an artist who made his name in Japan painting portraits of beautiful women. How can that possibly go wrong?
L.P. Ring is the author of four Seoul-based crime novels and a neo-noir thriller which are all available on Amazon and other platforms. He's had work published with lifestyle magazines in Japan and South Korea and crime fiction published with the UK-based Close To The Bone. He currently lives in Japan with his wife and a cat who’s always around at mealtimes.
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Japan is known for being a safe country. You still have to watch out, though, for unexpected dangers.
E.F. Crabtree is an artist and writer based in Buffalo, NY, but used to work in Japan. She co-founded Kyoto Cryptids, a literature and arts magazine about Kyoto, Japan, with her friends. The magazine, along with more of her work, can be found at: https://kyotocryptids.gumroad.com/
You can read "The Difference" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
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A samurai places a curse on his enemy: whoever hurts his family will be maimed or die a horrible death. A curse on one family is a blessing spell to the other family. But are curses effective against people who don’t believe in them?
Deaf since birth, Anne Hansell is a third generation Japanese-American and distant relative to Mitsunari Ishida, who lost the Battle of Sekigahara to Tokugawa. During a visit to Japan, her Japanese family encouraged her to learn about her samurai heritage by reading Japanese history books, where she learned that some people believe a samurai’s curse could be very powerful. This prompted her to write “The Burning Police Car.” She is now living with her husband, a New England gentleman, in Southern California.
You can read "The Burning Police Car" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
You can hear Steven Lester's Carr story "The Betrothed" here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/45976776
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Melissa Miles explores the concept of anthropomorphism and wonders how a car would interact with its family if it had thoughts and feelings.
Melissa Miles was born in the US but resides in New Zealand. She has had many professional iterations--acting, teaching, film-making--but is now focused on her writing and caring for her aging menagerie.
You can read "Rover" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
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Artists often have to be creative to make ends meet. What lengths would you go to to have your art read/seen/listened to? Is it possible to stop once you've established a "fan" base?
Joyce Chng's fiction has appeared in The Apex Book of World SF II, We See A Different Frontier, Cranky Ladies of History, Accessing The Future, The Future Fire and Anathema Magazine. Joyce also co-edited THE SEA IS OURS: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia with Jaymee Goh. Fire Heart, a YA fantasy under Scholastic Asia, is published in 2022. (Pronouns: she/her, they/their)
You can read "Treacle Blood" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
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