Kamikado
by Yukio Sakaguchi
translated by Alexander Ewing
Preface
The following is a translation of an article by missing journalist Yukio Sakaguchi, who set off on holiday with his twin daughters four years ago and has not been seen since. It Continue reading Kamigoe by Paul McQuade
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If you always say yes, then nothing is absolute.
She was sure she’d get away once she boarded the plane, but she never says no: growing more invisible with each concession, less complete with every false surrender…
The links sparkled on her bracelet as she set the ruby in her navel.
Always wear the ruby in the navel, she used to say.
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As the silver coin spun rapidly through the air, Fr. John watched with bated breath.
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The coin slows.
Stops.
Falls.
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The first time I laid eyes on her; I had just robbed a liquor store and gunned down two people in cold blood. As I trotted out the front door, I had a wad of twenties in my hand, and a smoldering .38 stuck into my belt, and there she was, leaning against the trunk of my new Lexus puffing on a cigarette like a prom queen on meth.
We stood in Ned the Butcher’s shop, Boon and me. Together
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