The Geecologist

The Kingdom That Failed

The Kingdom That Failed

Feb 27, 2021 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

Just behind the kingdom that failed ran a nice little river. It was a clear, lovely stream, and many fish lived in it. Weeds grew there, too, and the fish ate the weeds. The fish didn’t care whether or not the kingdom had failed, of course. Whether it was a kingdom or...
The Second Bakery Attack

The Second Bakery Attack

Dec 1, 2018 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

I’m still not sure I made the right choice when I told my wife about the bakery attack. But then, it might not have been a question of right and wrong. Which is to say that wrong choices can produce right results, and vice versa. I myself have adopted the...
The 100% Perfect Girl

The 100% Perfect Girl

Sep 21, 2013 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

One beautiful April morning, on a narrow side street in Tokyo’s fashionable Harujuku neighbourhood, I walked past the 100% perfect girl. Tell you the truth, she’s not that good-looking. She doesn’t stand out in any way. Her clothes are nothing special. The back of her...
South of the Border, West of the Sun

South of the Border, West of the Sun

Nov 14, 2008 | Fiction | 0 comments

“Day after day you watch the sun rise in the east, pass across the sky, then sink in the west, and something breaks inside you and dies. You throw your plough aside and, your head completely empty of thought, you begin walking toward the west. Heading toward a...
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Apr 10, 2007 | Fiction | 1 comment

I clicked the gate shut and slipped down the alley. Through one fence after another, I caught glimpses of people in their dining rooms and living rooms, eating and watching tv dramas. Food smells drifted into the alley through kitchen windows and extractor fans. One...