Words. Pictures. Cats.Β
Translator of Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, Strange Buildings, Strange Maps etc.
Author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake
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I do, in fact, translate more than just Uketsu books, and on February 12th the latest such was released in the UK. The Ark by Haruo Yuki. The Ark is a mystery/thriller in the honkaku mode. It tells the story of a group of seven…
Continue reading...My growing disgust with the tech world's grotesque insistence on shoving LLM/GenAI down our throats finally reached a fever pitch last year, and I began divesting myself of all as many ties to those companies as I could. The worst offender in my own professional…
Continue reading...The city I live in, Hikari, was into last year home to Yamamoto Akira, a master of chΕkin metal chasing and what is known as a Living National Treadure. He passed away just over a year ago, and the city has finally managed to put…
Continue reading...2026 is well under way. January has blurred by, and as February approaches I am stunned to realize that I have two translations coming out next month. First up is a title that has probably flown under the radar for many. The Ark by Haruo…
Continue reading...Olyoke, by Vincent Endwell. Coming in March 2026. This was another ARC from Tenebrous Press, which is doing lots of cool things with horror in the weird mode. Many of the books they put out fall outside my personal taste zone, but I always appreciate…
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