David Rees-Thomas

Flower, Back to Root (Satori part one)

This short is the first in a series of stories about a young Japanese woman named Satori.

It follows her struggles in a near future Japan where her home town of Osaka has been destroyed and quarantined.

She is forced to reconsider many of the truths she once held dear. She has also heard rumors that her brother may yet be alive…

The story runs to about 5500 words and is available on Amazon and Smashwords

If you happen to like it, please drop me a line on Facebook or better still, write a little review. I will be putting up more stories soon.

Cheers!

Been a while.

Well, I’m coming tward the end of my time here at Clarion West. It’s been a hell of an experience and and one I shall cherish.

One of the instructors, Minister Faust talked to us about independent publishing, and issued us a challenge to get some content up on Amazon.

So, here is the first short story in a series. Obviously this does not mean I won’t still be actively supporting and trying the more traditional route, I just want to get a sense of what options are open for us as writers. The story is “Flower, Back to Root,” and it’s a story concerning a Japanese woman named Satori and her struggle to survive in a near future Japan. Enjoy!!

I will also be making it and other stories available on other platforms. If you like it, please drop me a line and let me know, or better still, write a little review:)

Hi all,

Just a quick update. We are fine down here in Kansai, though I have no idea what the coming months are going to hold for us.

When watching the BBC or CNN, it feels like they are reporting that the whole of Japan has been destroyed. It’s a little irresponsible to say the least.  Significant areas of the country are still the same. Luckily, this includes where I live, in Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto,Kobe etc) . Not to say we are not effected of course. It’s impossible for something like this to happen in the country you live in and not feel it on an emotional level.

It makes people feel extremely angry and helpless. I just hope that the nuclear issue can be brought under control before the situation gets worse.

So, if you are wondering about us here, thank you, it’s heartwarming to know. We are physically fine down here. Life is sort of going on as usual.

I will update this if anything changes.

Just in case anyone is interested in the curious and the odd, I have another article this month in Kansai Scene

It’s about a musical instrument called the Taishogoto. It’s a peculiar little thing, and as it stands at the moment, all I can play is Sakura , which is almost beginning to sound quite pretty.

It’s not exactly a traditional instrument as it’s only about a 100 years old, but it’s a lot of fun to play and somewhat singular in its existence.

I am hoping to use it on some Phenotypo stuff soon.

Unfortunately, the article isn’t in the online edition of Kansai Scene this month, but here’s a link to a Taishogoto site that gives some info. It is written in somewhat idiosyncratic English but you’ll get the idea.

…or something along those lines.

I wrote an article about the TB303, TR808 and the TR909 recently, and it appears in this months (November 2010) issue of Kansai Scene magazine.

If you are at all interested in these little machines and their contribution to club music, please check it out here- How the Japanese invented techno