Oni-Devils

By K. B. Forrest

Folklorist Andre Minamoto has returned to Japan to gather data for his doctoral thesis. Most of what he comes across has already been studied. He needs a breakthrough. He needs something new and wonderful. When he discovers a man who claims to be the legendary yin-yang wizard, Abe no Seimei, he is skeptical. After all, a man born in the year 920 has to have been dead and turned to dust by now. Little does he know that he is about to enter an uncharted world where what we think is fantasy is only too real.

Andre is forced to open his mind to the existence of devils, demons, ghosts, and monsters that defy description. He also finds himself opening his heart to the greatest of wizards who has ever lived—Abe no Seimei.

Seimei, the son of a magical one-thousand-year-old fox and a human, lived during the rich Heian period, when the Imperial family still held its power with the help of mighty magicians. Andre takes notes madly as Seimei regales him with tales of his exploits. Andre hears them with new ears as he finally begins to absorb the insane notion that they aren’t just tales, but true stories. As he melts in Seimei’s hot embrace, he wonders still how to learn of his powers of immortality.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Oct 27, 2012
• ISBN: 9781771113144

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The fox spirit is revealed in its shadow—Japanese folk wisdom.

Folklorist Andre Minamoto has returned to Japan to gather data for his doctoral thesis. Most of what he comes across has already been studied. He needs a breakthrough. He needs something new and wonderful. When he discovers a man who claims to be the legendary yin-yang wizard, Abe no Seimei, he is skeptical. After all, a man born in the year 920 has to have been dead and turned to dust by now. Little does he know that he is about to enter an uncharted world where what we think is fantasy is only too real.

Andre is forced to open his mind to the existence of devils, demons, ghosts, and monsters that defy description. He also finds himself opening his heart to the greatest of wizards who has ever lived—Abe no Seimei.

Seimei, the son of a magical one-thousand-year-old fox and a human, lived during the rich Heian period, when the Imperial family still held its power with the help of mighty magicians. Andre takes notes madly as Seimei regales him with tales of his exploits. Andre hears them with new ears as he finally begins to absorb the insane notion that they aren’t just tales, but true stories. As he melts in Seimei’s hot embrace, he wonders still how to learn of his powers of immortality.

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Oni-Devils

Copyright © 2012 KB Forrest

ISBN: 978-1-77111-314-4

Cover art by Martine Jardin

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Oni-Devils

Fox Sorcery Part II

By

KB Forrest

To Arshak:

A lonely toy in the grass

An empty bed

The sigh of the wind.

Chapter One

Seimei brushed one of the small yokai aside. It was the size of a hummingbird, and it even had a beak. It was the rest of it that scared Andre. It was dressed in the robes of a samurai and even carried a tiny sword. Aside from the bizarre beak-like mouth, its eyes were humanoid and it had a well-shaped nose.

So where were we…yes, I was telling you about my childhood. Remember that this was the Heian period.

Andre nodded. About the year 930 by the Western calendar—that is, when you were a child.

Seimei looked annoyed. My father dealt with foretelling future events. Sometimes people came to him with other problems such as ghosts and exorcisms. Do you still have ghosts? Or I should ask, can people still see ghosts?

Andre thought about it for a while. I think most ghost activity is attributed to insanity.

But insanity is caused by ghosts and demons.

Yesterday I wouldn’t have believed you, but after seeing all this… He waved his hand at the little beings floating around them.

Seimei nodded. I personally had to deal with many ghosts, but that case my father handled was quite interesting. Ghosts or oni-devils alike come into being when someone who is extremely disturbed dies, or sometimes the case is a sudden death—murder too, as you can guess. Sometimes someone can become an oni even while still alive. Why do you think we Japanese are so careful about our emotions? It’s not enough to hide what you feel, though. I can tell you of a few cases I dealt with myself.