Edward Lin, a 17 year old high school student with top marks and great achievements. He was a genius scholar and a great athlete. Though he wasn't very good at talking to people, he was quite popular. Decently good looks, decently tall, and had that charm about him. He was on his way to being acc...

"You have brought ill fortune with you, stranger..." Two strangers share a drink at a roadside tavern and go their separate ways. Every morning thereafter they find themselves back in their private rooms, the previous day starting anew. Armed only with knowledge gained from previous cycles, th...

When Kenji is asked to move to the countryside to care for his grandmother, Yoshie, he isn’t prepared for how fragile life can sound, the rasp of her breath, the silence that follows her laughter, and the ticking of days that feel both long and fleeting. There, he meets Ami, Yoshie’s neighbor ...

Miko’s life is one of quiet ritual: tending the shrine, caring for her sick mother, and keeping an old talisman in place. But when the talisman falls and whispers from her mother grow weaker within a darkened shed, the boundaries of duty and obsession begin to crumble… and some impurities cannot ...

This is a bit of information about the characters in my book series, Smoke! Each "chapter" references a different character, and information will be updated as more is revealed.

Majutsushi—a walled-off city off of the coast of Tokyo and a prison for magic users. Home to six clans fighting for control of the city, Ryugi Igarashi is the prime mage for the Inazuma—a gang specializing in electricity. Things get complicated when a mage from the Hyoga clan defects and asks for...

A photographer’s final click becomes the beginning of a new destiny. After dying in a tragic accident while chasing the perfect shot, a passionate photographer awakens in a fantastical world where magic and monsters roam free. But unlike any hero before, his weapon isn’t a sword or staff—it’s a ...

We'll follow the Insurrection's path towards a bright(!?) tomorrow, but for now we're only looking at a former military leader's life. Previously a preeminent leader of The Insurrection, Gideon has to deal with daily life in his hometown while waiting for the spoils of the revolution to trickl...