Kizuna: Fiction for Japan (a charity anthology) [Kindle Edition]

Michael Moorcock (Author), Jason Wuchenich (Author), Trent Zelazny (Author), Ken Asamatsu (Author), John Shirley (Author), Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Author), Joseph S. Pulver Sr. (Author), Bradley Sands (Author), Robert M. Price (Author), Andersen Prunty (Author)

Book Description

March 11, 2011 - Three prefectures in northeastern Japan are devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, and a massive tsunami that takes the lives of nearly 30,000 people.

April 2011 - 75 authors from 11 countries came together to collaborate on a mixed-genre anthology of short stories to benefit the orphans of the disaster-stricken Tohoku area. Ninety percent of which is all original work written for this book.

Horror, humor, human drama, science fiction, fantasy, absurdist, bizarro, weird, new wave, bugpunk, Cthulhu, Sherlock Holmes, historical fiction,

Complete author list (in index order): Katherine Govier, Ken Asamatsu, Lee Pletzers, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., S.A. Gambino, Michael Allen Rose, Nickolas Furr, Garrett Cook, Touya Tachihara, Jess Gulbranson, Alvin Pang, Robert M. Price, Kevin Lovelace, Junichi Ashikawa, Dan Ryan, Adam Joffrain, Moxie Mezcal, Andersen Prunty, L. Christopher Bird, Minoru Inaba, Richard Wright, Kirk Marshall, Davide Mana, Show Tomono, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Christene Britton-Jones, Philip Overby, Yuusuke Tokita, David Agranoff, Bradley Sands, Naohiko Kitahara, Michael John Grist, Edmund Colell, Trent Zelazny, Riri Shimada, Made in DNA, Glynn Barrass, Fulvio Gatti, Nirnara, Melissa J White, Fumihiko Iino, Curt Seubert, Elizabeth Black, John F. Rice, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Volker Baetz, Andrew Freudenberg, Terrie Czechowski, Lucía González Lavado, Mie Takase, Stephen A. North, Ran Cartwright, Ukyou Kodachi, Danilo Arona, David Naughton-Shires, John Shirley, Jonathan Moon, Tadashi Ohta, Richard Salter, Midori Tateyama, Grant Wamack, Massimo Soumaré, Yufuko Senoh, Berry Sizemore, Ash Lomen, Adam Breckenridge, Yasumi Kobayashi, Jason Wuchenich, Ryuto Hijiri, Vittorio Catani, Joji Hayashi, Kevin David Anderson, Tamao Kanroji, Michael Moorcock, and Shinya Gaku.

Product Details

• File Size: 474 KB
• Print Length: 230 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1466223170
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Brent Millis (August 7, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005GFID4O
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #426,364 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Diverse Collection For A Worthy Cause August 16, 2011

By Dan Blair

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

QUESTION:
What could be better than finding a great collection of diverse and interesting short stories to read?

ANSWER:
Being able to help Japanese orphans while you're taken away to another world!!!

Kizuna: Fiction for Japan (a charity anthology) was put together by a large group of talented writers contributing their time, effort, and all these wonderful stories for free to give YOU even more reason to help the tragic victims of the recent earthquake disaster in Japan.

Containing an incredible 75 authors from around the world; you'll find a variety of genres including horror, pulp noir, historical fiction, weird twisted tales, new wave and plenty more inside this deliciously well written volume.

Some stories are short, some are medium length, but each tells a unique tale that will make you want to hunt down these authors individually and pick up as much of their published work as you can!

If you pick up just ONE BOOK this summer, make it Kizuna: Fiction for Japan, you seriously won't regret it!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An Incredible Achievement August 20, 2011

By SteveH

Format:Kindle Edition

75 Authors from 11 countries speaks for itself - this is truly an international e-book which reflects a world-wide response to the terrible apocalypse that swept across Japan in March of this year. In only four months Brent Millis, the editor, managed to pull together this wide ranging anthology of sci-fi, fantasy and horror from which 100% of all monies is donated to the Earthquake relief. That alone is enough to encourage you to put your hand in your pocket, but it is far more than a charity book, it is also an excellent read!

When I began reading the e-book I started noting down quality stories to reference in this review, and then gave up. I might as well have listed all of them. There is something here for everyone, and all of the highest quality. And what a great joy it is to read translations of stories I might never have come across otherwise.

I cannot recommend this book enough. Buy it and enjoy.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Kizuna - Fiction for Japan! December 31, 2011

By Dellani Oakes

Format:Paperback

Kizuna is an amazingly diverse collection of short stories and poems from around the world. They range from traditional Japanese folklore to out of this world sci-fi and horror.

The selections are quite short, making this an easy book to pick up and read in snatches. Each story leaves the reader thinking about it, even as they wonder what the next holds in store.

One thing which makes Kizuna highly unique is that the authors contributed their work free of charge and are donating proceeds from sales to quake relief in Japan.

I urge everyone to pick up a copy to support this effort. You won't be disappointed. With over 70 short stories and poems, there is something for everyone to enjoy.