Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19 Ichiro, Gin thought when she heard the scream.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18 Reizo landed hard, still bleeding and in pain. Something

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17 Taru waited to see what the last man standing, the one who'd

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16 Ichiro lifted the man over the small of his back and walked as quickly

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15 Ichiro ducked behind the town well out of habit and watched bandits alerted

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14 The three of them walked to the road. The copse of trees that Gogo was behind was around

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13 “Suki, do you know where we are?” Reizo asked her instead. She peered out both windows and said,

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12 “Gogo, stop!” Taru said frantically. It was the first time he’d been anything but calm. Gogo slowed, but

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 The trip began well enough. Taru stowed a bag on Gogo’s shelf next to the food and water. The shelf grew wider at

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 Reizo and Suki arrived at the at the granary at noon. It was a tense and quiet ride after Reizo assured her that Gogo was

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 It was too much to expect Reizo to be grateful for doing what he asked, Suki thought as she fought back tears. — When dawn touched

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 “Cho, are you gossiping again?” One of the women asked her. “But she’s working with the yellow robe,” Cho insisted. The first woman shook her head.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 I wish Mama was here, Ichiro thought. He asked some of the breeze kami around them to eat all the sound so passersby wouldn’t hear them, and others to show

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Ichiro woke when Gin returned with a single rat. She gave him the half with the head. Good thing I have some money for breakfast now, Ichiro thought. Gin did really

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Ichiro held Gin’s hand in front of The Capital’s jail. The city had never smelled so sweet as after that stone cell. He said, "Lord Taira, I am acting in a play

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part4 Reizo woke up in the night when the wind rattled the open screen. He opened his eyes enough to see no hostile kami, then tried to turn over. A weight on his chest stopped him.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Reizo and Suki rode home in Gogo. Reizo wanted to create Ofuda on the paper Taru gave him for their journey, but he tried to talk Suki out of coming instead. “Are you sure you want

Part 1 Part 2 “Surely you know the saying ‘happy wife, happy life’,” Fujiwara replied. “You didn’t hear the laughter. Whatever is killing all those towns, it’s dangerous. No place for my wife.” Reizo said

*Part 1 “Tenth Rank Taira, see me.” A breeze kami blew Ministry Head Fujiwara’s voice in Reizo’s ear. The puff of air was refreshing in the late summer heat. Reizo saw the breeze kami still had words inside

Here are some pictures from "Art of the Brick" at Kansas City's Union Station. My favorite is the fountain, which is fitting for the city with many, many fountains! With all of life's conflicting