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ORACLES AND MIRACLES - three tales by Hideo Furukawa, translated by David Boyd

THE MAGICIAN - a short story by Taki Monma, translated by Ted Goossen

ALICELAND - poems in prose by Makoto Takayanagi, translated by Michael Emmerich

EVIL FLOURISHES BUT ITŌ ENCOUNTERS JIZŌ IN BROAD DAYLIGHT - a chapter from a novel by Hiromi Itō, translated by Jeffrey Angles

OUR BATHROOMS AND THE GREAT SEA - a short story by Keita Jin, translated by Paul Warham

SOME ANIMALS AND THEIR HOUSING SITUATIONS - a short story by Helen Guri

ON WRITING SHORT STORIES - Haruki Murakami in conversation with Motoyuki Shibata, translated by Ted Goossen

SHUFFLE DRIVE - travels between galaxies by Toh EnJoe, translated by David Boyd

MR. QUOTE - a graphic narrative by Satoshi Kitamura

SEALS - a short story by Andrew Cowan

A PEDDLER OF TEARS - a short story by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Sam Bett

PETER AND JANIS - a short story by Tomoka Shibasaki, translated by Christopher Lowy

PRIVATE TOUR - a companion piece to Mess, a memoir by Barry Yourgrau

AM I A DOCTOR? - a short story by Aoko Matsuda, translated by Jeffrey Angles

THE CARLYLE MUSEUM - a short story by Sōseki Natsume, translated by Michael K. Bourdaghs

HANDS, SQUARES, CHIMNEY SWEEPS - three reports by Brian Evenson

THE DAYDREAM - a short story by Rampo Edogawa, translated by Ted Goossen

PEOPLE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD (THE FINAL INSTALLMENT) - vignettes by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted Goossen

THE ELEVATOR AND THE MOON - a short story by Shin’ichi Makino, translated by David Boyd

CONTINENTAL DRIFT - a short story by Kevin Brockmeier

EXTRA INNINGS - a short story by Hiroko Oyamada, translated by David Boyd

BEHIND THE PRISON - a short story by Kafū Nagai, translated by Jay Rubin

WAR BRIDE - a poem in prose by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Hitomi Yoshio

THE FORBIDDEN DIARY (THE LAST ENTRIES) - excerpts from a fictional diary by Sachiko Kishimoto, translated by Ted Goossen

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THE FORBIDDEN DIARY (PART 10) - an excerpt from a fictional diary by Sachiko Kishimoto, translated by Ted Goossen

IGOR NOCTURNOV - a graphic narrative by Satoshi Kitamura

BOYS AND GIRLS - a short story by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Ted Goossen

PEOPLE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD (PART 4) - vignettes by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted Goossen

LOST IN THE ZOO - a short story by Hiroko Oyamada, translated by David Boyd

BACKGROUND MUSIC - a short story by Tomoka Shibasaki, translated by Ted Goossen

TRAVEL TIPS - a prose poem by Linh Dinh

SILVER COINS FROM THE RED MOUNTAIN - an essay by Kenji Ozawa, translated by Ted Goossen

HOROSCOPES - twelve very short stories by Kelly Link

SONIC SKY - a short story by Steve Erickson

LOVE ISN’T EASY WHEN YOU’RE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM - a short story by Aoko Matsuda, translated by Jeffrey Angles

WHO’D HAVE THOUGHT TSUTOMU WOULD DIE? - a short story by Masaya Nakahara, translated by Michael Emmerich

THE SCULPTURE THAT KEPT SEARCHING FOR ITS REAL NAME - a short story by Naoyuki Ii, translated by Michael Emmerich

CAT TO THE SEA - a poem by Naoko Kudō, translated by Ted Goossen

MY BABY - a short story by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Hitomi Yoshio

TEN NIGHTS OF DREAMS - a short story by Sōseki Natsume, translated by Michael K. Bourdaghs

SHOULDER-TOP SECRETARY - a short story by Shin’ichi Hoshi, translated by Jay Rubin

ITŌ RETURNS TO JAPAN AND FINDS HERSELF IN A REAL PINCH - a chapter from a novel (sort of!) by Hiromi Itō, translated by Jeffrey Angles

THE NOVICE - an excerpt from the novel Dysphoria by Jason Hrivnak

TEN TALES IN TANKA - tanka poems by Mina Ishikawa, translated by Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen

THE FIRST ASURA - a short story by Hideo Furukawa, translated by Ryan Shaldjian Morrison

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PHOTOGRAPHS ARE IMAGES - a vignette by Aoko Matsuda, translated by Jeffrey Angles

THE GREAT NOISE - a short story by Masatsugu Ono, translated by Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen

VARIATION AND THEME - a graphic narrative by Satoshi Kitamura, inspired by “Doubles,” a poem by Charles Simic

THE THIRTEENTH MONTH - a short story by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Hitomi Yoshio

THE CRULLERS - a short story by Stuart Dybek

MOTHER LEADS ME FROM IWANOSAKA TOWARD SUGAMO - a chapter from a novel by Hiromi Itō, translated by Jeffrey Angles

IN ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE: FOUR STORIES

STAR DATE by Laird Hunt
HEMINGWAY’S VALISE by Rebecca Brown
A RITUAL by Matthew Sharpe
3 > 16 > 44 by Steve Erickson

SO WHAT SHALL I WRITE ABOUT? - an essay by Haruki Murakami, translated by Ted Goossen

FAMILY TRADITIONS - a short story by Eric McCormack

TWELVE TWITTER STORIES by Toh EnJoe, translated by David Boyd

GOODBYE, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN - a short story by Gen’ichirō Takahashi, translated by David Boyd

HAZUKI AND ME - a short story by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted Goossen

SHOEHORN TECHNIQUE - comic strips by Ben Katchor

UNDER THE CHERRY TREES - a short story by Motojirō Kajii, translated by David Boyd

IN THE BOX - a short story by Taeko Kōno, translated by Jay Rubin

THE FORBIDDEN DIARY (PART 9) - an excerpt from a fictional diary by Sachiko Kishimoto, translated by Ted Goossen

THIS IS HOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT - a short story by Yōko Hayasuke, translated by Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen

ON NOT KNOWING MY OWN BOOKS - an essay by Kelly Link

BOTCHAN AND TSURU-SAN - a short story by Taki Monma, translated by Ted Goossen

RIVERS - a short story by Keita Jin, translated by Paul Warham

THE BOOK OF THREE HUNDRED TREACHEROUS WOMEN - an excerpt from a novel by Hideo Furukawa, translated by Michael Emmerich

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EVERYBODY’S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT ME AND MY MONKEY - a story with objects by Craft Ebbing & Co., translated by David Boyd

THE MAN WHO TURNED INTO A BUOY - a short story by Masatsugu Ono, translated by Michael Emmerich

UNFORGETTABLE PEOPLE - a short story by Doppo Kunikida, translated by Jay Rubin

NAKED - a short story by Stuart Dybek

A RECORD OF MY GRANDMOTHER - a short story by Toh EnJoe, translated by Terry Gallagher

THE PUNISH - a short story by Brian Evenson

A MESSAGE TO MY JAPANESE READERS - Four Writers on Writing

THE BEARS OF MOUNT NAMETOKO: A REMIX OF A TALE BY KENJI MIYAZAWA - a short story by Hideo Furukawa, translated by Michael Emmerich

ERI’S PHYSICS - a short story by Yōko Hayasuke, translated by Ryan Shaldjian Morrison

THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE DESK - tanka poems by Mina Ishikawa, translated by Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen

THE GIRL BEHIND THE REGISTER BLOWS BUBBLES - a short story by Keita Jin, translated by Paul Warham

PEOPLE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD (PART 3) - a vignette by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted Goossen

THE LITTLE GIRL BLOWS UP HER PEE ANXIETY, MY HEART RACES - a short story by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Hitomi Yoshio

THE FORBIDDEN DIARY (PART 4) - an excerpt from a fictional diary by Sachiko Kishimoto, translated by Ted Goossen

THE RESTAURANT OF MANY ORDERS - a short story by Kenji Miyazawa, translated by Roger Pulvers

WHITE SOCKS - a short story by Taki Monma, translated by Ted Goossen

AFTER RYŪNOSUKE, BEFORE RYŪNOSUKE - a short story by David Peace

TAILORS’ DUMMIES - a manga by the Brother and Sister Nishioka, based on the short story by Bruno Schulz, translated by Celina Wieniewska

THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTED SELF-MIRRORING SUBTERRANEAN NEUROLOGICAL SOUL-SHARING PICTURE SHOW: ON HARUKI MURAKAMI’S FICTION - an essay by Richard Powers

THREE VERY SHORT STORIES - by Matthew Sharpe

DEMON BEASTS - a short story by Gen’ichirō Takahashi, translated by Ryan Shaldjian Morrison

THE LITTLE MATCH-GIRL - a manga by Fumiko Takano, based on the short story by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by H. B. Paull

THE SARASATE DISK - a short story by Hyakken Uchida, translated by David Boyd

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EXORCIZING DREAMS - a short story by Keita Jin, translated by Paul Warham

THE GLASSES THIEF - an essay by Tomoka Shibasaki, translated by Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen

INVASIONS and THE HLUMES - stories by Paul Auster

DEAR CINDY - a short story by Gen’ichirō Takahashi, translated by Michael Emmerich

URASHIMA - tanka poems by Mina Ishikawa, translated by Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen

TIME - a short story by Riichi Yokomitsu, translated by David Boyd

TIME IN “TIME” - an essay by Toh EnJoe, translated by David Boyd

AT THE VACANCY SIGN - a poem by Charles Simic

NEITHER PURITY NOR DEFILEMENT NOW - a short story by Hideo Furukawa, translated by Ryan Shaldjian Morrison

THE DRAGON PALACE - a short story by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted Goossen

THE METAMORPHOSIS - a manga by the Brother and Sister Nishioka, based on the short story by Franz Kafka, translated by Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen, based on the Japanese translation by Osamu Ikeuchi

LIVING IN YOUR OWN PRIVATE CUBICLE - an essay by Naoyuki Ii, translated by David Boyd

DREAMS OF LOVE, ETC. - a short story by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Hitomi Yoshio

LODESTAR - a short story by Richard Powers

MONKEY CHILD—HUMAN CHILDREN - a short story by Masatsugu Ono, translated by Michael Emmerich

CROW’S EYE VIEW - poems by Yi Sang, translated by Maxie Bai and Ted Goossen

PAKO - a short story by Yuki Kurita, translated by Jeffrey Angles

THE MASK - a short story by Barry Yourgrau

GENERAL KIM - a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, translated by Jay Rubin

SPLINTERS - a short story by Taki Monma, translated by Ted Goossen

THE FORBIDDEN DIARY (PART 3) - an excerpt from a fictional diary by Sachiko Kishimoto, translated by Ted Goossen

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WHAT DO YOU WISH WE HAD IN JAPAN TODAY? - 17 writers and artists, translated by Paul Warham and Stephen Snyder

I CHASE THE MONKEY AND THE MONKEY FLEES FROM ME, THE MONKEY CHASES ME AND I FLEE FROM THE MONKEY - a short story by Masatsugu Ono, translated by Michael Emmerich

TALES IN TANKA - poems by Mina Ishikawa, translated by Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen

MEDITATIONS ON GREEN - a short story by Toh EnJoe, translated by David Boyd

AT THE DELTA - a short story by Rebecca Brown

THE GREAT CYCLE OF STORYTELLING - an essay by Haruki Murakami, translated by Ted Goossen

A ONCE-PERFECT DAY FOR BANANAFISH - a prose poem by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Hitomi Yoshio

NOWHERE - a poem by Stuart Dybek

PEOPLE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD (PART 2) - a collection of vignettes by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted Goossen

A FASTING-ARTIST - a manga by the Brother and Sister Nishioka, based on the short story by Franz Kafka, translated by J. A. Underwood

GHOSTS AND GHOST PAINTINGS - haiku by Minoru Ozawa, translated by Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen

BRIDGES - a short story by Keita Jin, translated by Allison Markin Powell

BREATHING THROUGH GILLS - a short story by Hideo Furukawa, translated by Ryan Shaldjian Morrison

SLEEPYVILLE - a short story by Mimei Ogawa, translated by James Dorsey

THE SEASIDE ROAD - a short story by Tomoka Shibasaki, translated by Ted Goossen

THE FUTON OF TOTTORI - a manga by Fumiko Takano, based on the short story by Lafcadio Hearn

MEDICINE - a short story by Barry Yourgrau

MR. ENGLISH - a short story by Keita Genji, translated by Jay Rubin

WHAT’S EATING SOICHIRŌ MOGI - an essay by Naoyuki Ii, translated by David Boyd

JOHN - a short story by Yōko Hayasuke, translated by Hanae Nishida Vuichard

THE FORBIDDEN DIARY (PART 2) - an excerpt from a fictional diary by Sachiko Kishimoto, translated by Ted Goossen

BLACK SPACE, THE SOUND OF RAIN - a short story by Comes in a Box, translated by M. Cody Poulton

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MONSTERS - a short story by Hideo Furukawa, translated by Michael Emmerich

PEOPLE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD - a collection of vignettes by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted Goossen

THE SLEEP DIVISION - a poem by Mina Ishikawa, translated by Ted Goossen

SANDY’S LAMENT - a short story by Atsushi Nakajima, translated by M. Cody Poulton

SONG, THE OLD WAY, AND BOUGAINVILLEA - stories by Barry Yourgrau

THE TALE OF THE HOUSE OF PHYSICS - a short story by Yōko Ogawa,translated by Ted Goossen

PURSUING “GROWTH” - an interview with Haruki Murakami by Hideo Furukawa, translated by Ted Goossen

INTERVIEWS WITH THE HEROES, OR IS BASEBALL JUST FOR FUN? - a poem by Inuo Taguchi, translated by Ted Goossen

A COUNTRY DOCTOR - a manga by the Brother and Sister Nishioka, based on the story by Franz Kafka

CLOSET LLB - a short story by Kōji Uno, translated by Jay Rubin

WHEN MONKEYS SING - a poem by Masayo Koike, translated by Ted Goossen

MONKEY TANKA - a poem by Shion Mizuhara, translated by Ted Goossen

MONKEY HAIKU - a poem by Minoru Ozawa, translated by Ted Goossen

THE FORBIDDEN DIARY - an excerpt from a fictional diary by Sachiko Kishimoto, translated by Ted Goossen