Charles Kowalski
@charleskowalski.bsky.social
Author of the SIMON GREY historical fantasy series for younger readers, set among the ghosts and yokai of Tokugawa Japan. www.simongreybooks.com
I’m guessing the fox had Inari-zushi, but what did the Tanuki have?
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I’m guessing the fox had Inari-zushi, but what did the Tanuki have?
Whatever you’re going through, may all the uncanny forces of good come to your aid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Whatever you’re going through, may all the uncanny forces of good come to your aid.
Phone numbers were to our generation as passwords are to this one.
October 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Phone numbers were to our generation as passwords are to this one.
At this record shop, all sales are vinyl.
October 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
At this record shop, all sales are vinyl.
One could say, just as truthfully, “If you vote for Sanseito, you’ll die!”
September 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
One could say, just as truthfully, “If you vote for Sanseito, you’ll die!”
I have a joke about Hephaestus, but it’s kind of lame.
June 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I have a joke about Hephaestus, but it’s kind of lame.
Solid light? So when can we get our lightsabers?
May 31, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Solid light? So when can we get our lightsabers?
When Republicans call themselves “the party of law and order,” do they mean “We’ll break any law if Trump gives the order”?
May 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
When Republicans call themselves “the party of law and order,” do they mean “We’ll break any law if Trump gives the order”?
Or, as my teenage son calls it, “Peak-dor.”
May 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Or, as my teenage son calls it, “Peak-dor.”
(Hang on a minute…if it’s underwater, is it still a “torii”? Or does it become a “sakanai“?)
April 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
(Hang on a minute…if it’s underwater, is it still a “torii”? Or does it become a “sakanai“?)
🎵Under the sea, under the sea,
It’s so divine here, we got a shrine here
With a torii…
It’s so divine here, we got a shrine here
With a torii…
April 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
🎵Under the sea, under the sea,
It’s so divine here, we got a shrine here
With a torii…
It’s so divine here, we got a shrine here
With a torii…
When he said empathy was the fundamental weakness of Western civilization, I kind of took that to mean he didn’t want any.
March 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
When he said empathy was the fundamental weakness of Western civilization, I kind of took that to mean he didn’t want any.
Ah…getting paid in exposure? May he get a generous helping of “exposure” from a Yuki-onna.
March 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Ah…getting paid in exposure? May he get a generous helping of “exposure” from a Yuki-onna.
He’s making money off your work. I missed the part where it’s “mutually beneficial.”
March 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
He’s making money off your work. I missed the part where it’s “mutually beneficial.”
Or (at least where I live) “Equinox Flower.” It blooms around the equinox, which is also a time to remember the departed.
February 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Or (at least where I live) “Equinox Flower.” It blooms around the equinox, which is also a time to remember the departed.
Still, we know what happens to long-serving inanimate objects that feel unappreciated.
February 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Still, we know what happens to long-serving inanimate objects that feel unappreciated.
And preventing them from coming back to haunt you as tsukumogami?
February 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
And preventing them from coming back to haunt you as tsukumogami?