Zen Fiction

居酒屋「ぜんや」の女将・お妙の父がかつて売っていた薬をもとに作られた「龍気補養丹」を改めて売り出すことになった熊吉。養い子だが、少しずつ養い親の只次郎とお妙に心を開き始めたお花。

「ぜんや」の常連の旦那衆を狙った毒酒騒動。犯行にかつての同僚・長吉が関わっていると確信した熊吉は捜索に走る。一方、長吉に騙されて常連客に毒を出しそうになってしまったお花は、意気消沈。

Charles Low has always played by the rules. It’s how he survived his difficult childhood as the swotty foreigner at a posh English boarding school -- and now, his high-pressure job at one of the biggest corporate law firms in London. His job is his life and he's happy that way … until she shows up.

お江戸は本所亀沢町にある貧乏長屋。万造、松吉の「万松」コンビを筆頭に、左官の八五郎・お里夫婦や後家女のお染、浪人の島田鉄斎ら個性的な面々が住んでいる。人情とお節介で下町界隈でも名高い「おけら長屋」では、今日も笑いと涙の“珍”騒動が巻き起こって……。

Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories is Tobias S. Buckell's seventh short fiction collection and is comprised of 15 stories, several of which are original to the collection or were previously only available through his Patreon. This collection ranges from galactic adventures to intimate explorations of humanity—sometimes in the same story—rich with a sense of wonder and deft storytelling.

It's Halloween. The trees are ablaze in fiery reds. Excited children don colorful costumes. And there's mystery and fun around every corner! When Addy, Michael, and Karl finish trick-or-treating, their bags are brimming with treats. But the fun isn't over yet. Their good friend Stillwater the panda has one more special surprise in store for them. A mysterious visitor is about to tell them a spine-tingling story - one that will fill each and every listener with wonder.

While on a singles tour of Europe, Seattle's own Pia Thomason is looking for a man and trying not to think about her 40th birthday. Too bad her choice of suitors is less than appealing. But when she meets two mysterious strangers in Iceland, Pia becomes immersed in an undead love affair.

Zen. When it tells you to write, you write. When it tells you to feel, you feel. Time to call on the odds and stop the endless chatter in your head. Just look around us what can you see? What can you feel? We all have a story and poems are just a tiny frame, a picture, for the feelings living inside of us. We are all loafers from time to time. So I ask you, why not to be a Zen loafer and give it a listen, it will inspire you, it will command you to quieten your mind, and it will make your day to be Zen. Grab a copy, a cup of tea, and enjoy some easygoing wisdom.

When eighth-grader San Lee moves to a new town and a new school for the umpteenth time, he doesn't try to make new friends or be a loner or play cool. Instead he sits back and devises a plan to be totally different. When he accidentally answers too many questions in World History on Zen (only because he just had Ancient Religions two schools ago) all heads turn and San has his answer: he's a Zen Master.

This is a collection of adventure stories. Some take the listener into the sea with US Navy SEAL Teams and frogmen. The author challenges the llistener with tales about the rigors of training and the dangers of combat. In this fiction, the sea is an enemy that tests the courage, determination and stamina of military and civilian men and boys in boats and ships.

This is a collection of poetry celebrating the darker side of love and other topics. The poems mix humor, idealism, and cynicism and strive to make you laugh think and feel.

Death deals no mercy to one man who rises in a SoHo alleyway to find his lover dead and his own body ghastly transformed. Straining to overcome his murderous instincts through Zen meditation and blood deprivation, he is reclaimed by The Ministry, an underground society waging war against the undead. Time and time again his will to resist is tested by the killers who demand his allegiance and the Zen masters who will burn him down at his first missed step. He strives to walk a tightrope between the living and the dead...to master himself, his hunger, and the way of the wooden stake.

Our story begins on Earth, but an Earth with a past steeped in fantasy and science fiction. From humble beginnings, a boy is given a divine destiny, a chance to make his mark on human civilization, but he must embark upon a life-changing journey. Our hero struggles to understand what he has been given and what to do with it, losing himself in doubt and loneliness as he confronts the dark side of humanity.

居酒屋「ぜんや」の女将・お妙は、亡き夫・善助の過去について新たな疑念にとらわれ、眠れない夜が続いていた。そんななか、店の常連客である菱屋のご隠居の炉開きで、懐石料理を頼まれる。

居酒屋「ぜんや」の馴染み客・升川屋喜兵衛の嫁・志乃が子を宿して、もう七月。「ぜんや」の女将・お妙は、喜兵衛から近ごろ嫁姑の関係がぎくしゃくしていると聞き、志乃を励ましにいくことになった。

家禄を継げない武家の次男坊・林只次郎は、鶯が美声を放つよう飼育するのが得意で、それを生業とし家計を大きく支えている。

早い出世を同僚に妬まれている熊吉。養い子故に色々なことを我慢してしまうお花。二人を襲う、様々な試練。それでも、若い二人は温かい料理と人情に励まされ、必死に前を向いて歩きます。

山王祭に賑わう江戸。神田花房町の居酒屋「ぜんや」の常連客たちも、炎暑のなか祭りに心を躍らせていた。

寛政三年弥生。預かった鶯を美声に育てて生計を立てる、小禄旗本の次男坊・林只次郎は、その鶯たちの師匠役となる鶯・ルリオの後継のことで頭を悩ませていた。

新年を迎え、神田花房町代地に居酒屋「ぜんや」が再建された。女将・お妙の絶品料理がまた食べられる喜びのあまり、馴染みの旦那衆は祝儀を沢山持参するが、お妙はとまどってしまう。