Schools for Gifted Youngsters — Monthly Headmistresses' Dinner: A Kunoichi Companion Tale

By David Kudler

Assassination. Espionage. Theft.

Across the ages, the headmistresses of three very unusual schools (along with their very unusual students) share a meal

Lady Mochizuki Chiyome plays host to two of the only women across all of history who can understand why she teaches young women to do very unladylike things. Like her, Locusta the Poisoner and Ma Mandelbaum run schools for very particular students gifted with very particular talents.
Inspired by a conversation with Mackenzi Lee, author of Bygone Badass Broads, this short historical fantasy explores what would happen if three of history's most bloodthirsty schoolmistresses had been able to share a (very carefully checked) meal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stillpoint/Atalanta
• Release date: Aug 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781386595496

David Kudler

David Kudler is a writer and editor living just north of the Golden Gate Bridge with his wife Maura Vaughn and their daughters. And their cat. And many guppies.He serves as the publisher of Stillpoint Digital Press. Since 1999, he has overseen the publications program for the Joseph Campbell Foundation. He has edited three posthumous volumes of Campbell's unpublished writing and lectures and overseen editions of nine additional print titles, the most recent being the third edition of the seminal Hero with a Thousand Faces. In addition, he has shepherded the creation of nearly twenty hours of video and over thirty hours of audio recordings. Of late, much of his focus has been creating new ebook editions of Campbell's classic titles.His novel Risuko is a young adult historical adventure novel (whew! lots of qualifications on that!) set in Japan during the Civil War era.He's a passionate reader of mysteries, fantasy and whatever else he can get his hands on. He is a story addict.

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Schools for Gifted Youngsters

Monthly Headmistresses' Dinner

Kunoichi Companion Tales #3.5

(A Seasons of the Sword Prequel)

by

David Kudler

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Stillpoint/Atalanta

Stillpoint Digital Press

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Copyright © 2017, 2018 by David Kudler

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First edition, July 2018

Version 1.0.2 (PublishDrive)

Risuko news subscribers and Kickstarter backers get exclusive early access to the Kunoichi Companion Tales, a series of exciting prequel stories by Risuko author David Kudler that introduce characters and themes from the Seasons of the Sword novels!

There are six planned stories:

Kunoichi Companion Tales

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White Robes — Mired in her own grief, Lady Mochizuki Chiyome encounters two young women who give her a whole new, much more interesting opportunity

Silk & Service — A young Takeda warrior meets a servant who is much more than she seems

Ghost — At a banquet to celebrate a new alliance, Chiyome contemplates murder, and discovers a new servant

Shining Boy — Plucked off of the streets of the capital, an orphan girl tries to figure out what story she’s wandered into

Blade — Toumi doesn’t want anyone messing with her business

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