My name is Emi Haneko Adams, a 26-year-old 4th generation American, half-Japanese on my mother's side and half-American on my father's side. My parents met at USC in the 1970s while my mother was an exchange student. With my "hapa" (half-Japanese) features, I was sought after during my teens and early 20s as a popular model in Japan, Hawaii, and California....
Note: Thank you all for patiently waiting for me. Real life interferes. Thanks to Donalde for beta reading for me and to all of you for reading this story. * Patricia waited nervously by the telephone. The rumor was that Dr. Coleman would be announcing who was going to be the next surgical resident that day. She was more nervous about it than Kenji was. I...
Note: As always, thank you all for reading and thanks to donalde for beta reading. I also wanted to make a correction for chapter 18. I made Warden Ellis a republican and he should have been a democrat. The south at that time was primarily democratic. A reader was kind enough to email me to inform me of my error- thank you for that. ****** Patricia wasn't...
The excitement of the graduation, wedding and party had finally died down. Kenji and Patricia were getting ready to leave on their first overnight trip away. Nick and Hana had already picked the children up earlier that morning and encouraged Kenji to take Patricia away for two nights instead of one. "You deserve it," Nick said. "God only knows when you'll...
Kawaii, cuteness in Japanese culture, is literally translated to adorable, precious, lovable, or innocent. Lolita fashion, a Japanese fashion subculture, combines Victorian clothing from the Rococo period with gothic elements. The Lolita look consists of high heel/platform shoes, stockings, a bell shaped knee length skirt/dress, blouse/petticoat, and a fancy...
Catherine's eyes opened slowly, the room around her spinning in and out of focus. For several moments, all she could see was a bouquet of colors and shapes, amorphous blobs that shifted continuously until finally fixing themselves into place. Her head was pillowed on a mass of green scales, and the back of her nightgown seemed to be fluttering with a steady,...
The season changed so suddenly, thought Takahiro, observing the yellowing leaves on the trees. The cold wind swept through the tree gaps littered along their path, cutting at his cheek like a knife while the warm sun cauterized the phantom wounds. He was riding at the head, along with some of the other soldiers. Okubo was riding further back, at a leisurely...
A novel by Christopher Scott Wagoner - "Damn you," Steve said, squinting his eyes to slits "you don't belong here. I'm going to to get rid of you, no matter how much it hurts." His fingers closed on the strand of wet, slippery gray hair. He yanked his arm downward but the pale invader's coat of moisture proved too much for his grip. Cursing, he tried seve...
Eastern Ar'Raq 3rd Battalion Combat Team Major Abner Espinosa Commanding Abner Espinosa a major of the Rim-Cats Regiment and commanding officer of the 2nd BCT entered his command post. There 1st Lieutenant Jiro Kurosawa was waiting for him. "Major," the intelligence officer saluted. "What you got for me?" The 2nd BCT commander returned his salute and t...
All was a blur. She felt nothing, as if she had no flesh at all. She saw only darkness, yet the darkness seemed to be moving, like a black cloud of mist. There was no smell, no feeling of warmth or cold, and an eerie silence that was finally broken by a heavy voice saying one word: Awaken. The voice echoed within her. It was deep and almost frightening, ye...