Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
New haiku (with illustration) by John H. Dromey! Enjoy 🙂 Equipment Checklist (for a Yōkai P.I.’s Stakeout from behind a High Privacy Fence) John H. Dromey Sticking her neck out. The rokurokubi said Scratch the periscope John H. Dromey was born in northeast Missouri, USA. He enjoys reading—mysteries in particular—and writing in a variety of... Continue Reading →
First INSTINCTS poem for the year! Please enjoy another haiku (double) by regular contributor, John H. Dromey! Hot Pursuit Goes Underground, Hostage Unharmed John H. Dromey His sweetheart kidnappedA spelunking samuraiRushed to her rescue With his katanaHiro slew the abductorInter the dragon ~~~ About the Author: John H. Dromey was born in northeast Missouri,... Continue Reading →
This week's poetry piece is a speculative haiku by regular contributor, John H. Dromey. This year, John has work featured in Horror Matsuri 2020, Castles & Kimono, and both drabble anthologies. He also has 3 drabbles accepted for our open call, Mythical Creatures of Asia! Check out John's Insignia Author Page for more links to... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, hope you're all having a good month so far. Things are a bit tough in Japan at the moment with lots of corona virus cases here in Aichi (Nagoya) where I live. I'm an ESL teacher so all my classes are cancelled this month as a precaution--but the shops are all open, I... Continue Reading →
December's edition of Instincts includes two poems from a new contributor, DJ Tyrer, who will also have a story appearing in Insignia: Japanese Fantasy Drabbles. Gobi Sands By DJ Tyrer Great Khan on camelback Has no fear of thirst Dares all enemies to strike Knowing none shall survive Protected as he is By the... Continue Reading →
Today we're sharing the first poetry contribution to our new online series, Instincts: Asian Speculative Poetry. ('Instincts' for short). Haiku are wonderful expressions of thought and beauty: adding speculative elements is especially difficult in this form, so I love the creativity of this piece. And if you're into haiku, you'll get the frog reference...... Continue Reading →
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