Sumire

A previously unpublished novel I wrote over a decade ago, now available to read online

The Education of Sumire Min is a previously unpublished novel I wrote a decade ago that I had emailed to my subscribers on a weekly basis. The first nine chapters are available for free, the rest is available behind a paywall.

FREE CHAPTERS

Elaborate tableaus of make-believe
Foreword
1. The Nipponese Demon
2. The Burden of Beauty
3. The Martyrdom of Pastor Giraffe
4. The Price of Disgrace
5. The Darker Path
6. A Favor
7. The Prince & The Diplomat
8. The Karyukai
9. Koi No Yokan

BEHIND PAYWALL

10. The Pain of Epiphany
11. All Travail is Worth the Effort in the End (Part 1 | Part 2)
12. The Cure for Grief
13. Tenkoku Nichi-Ei
14. Honne and Tatemae
15. The House of Genkai Blossoms
16. Ai Shiteru
17. The Heir to Morita Okiya, Part One (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3)
18. Proof
19. The Cure for Grief (Reprise)
20. Unwanted and Unloved
21. Owakare Da
22. The King is Dead, Long Live the King
23. Cruel to Be Kind
24. Acolyte
25. The Darker Path (Reprise)
26. The Heir to Morita Okiya, Part Two
27. A Favor Revisited
28. A Conspiracy of Women
29. Sparrow Child
30. The Day Sumire Died