“In the Paradise of the Pure Land”

In the paradise that is the Pure Land of the Amida Buddha, there is beauty everywhere.

I have this faintly delusional desire to write a hundred yōkai-themed flash stories, even if I can’t call it The Night Parade of 100 Demons because I already did that one. Also, it would require me to write a hundred of these things. But every journey starts with a single step, so here is is, a flash story about a karyōbinga!

It was published by Flash Point SF in July 2024, and it is free to read online! The art to accompany the story was drawn by Kevin Pabst.