Brian Wood-Koiwa
@woodkoiwa.bsky.social
Dark speculative/grimdark novelist based in Tokyo.
Author of “Flowers Wilt, Weeds Thrive”, book #1 in Scorned World series.
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Author of “Flowers Wilt, Weeds Thrive”, book #1 in Scorned World series.
Out now: https://books2read.com/flowerswilt or https://a.co/d/gIuNG1P
Newsletter: https://brian-wood-koiwa.kit.com/70b2e03aea
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We should be wary of meeting our heroes, but what if that hero is a vast unknown city? #darkfantasy #booksky #grimdark #cities #weirdfiction #urban #urbanweird #dystopian #speculativefiction #fantasybooksky #readingcommunity #writecommunity
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The Prelude to Conspiracy of False Citizens. Read Episode 1 and subscribefor future episodes and more at open.substack.com/pub/urbanwei... #darkfantasy #serialfiction #substack #weirdfiction
December 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The Prelude to Conspiracy of False Citizens. Read Episode 1 and subscribefor future episodes and more at open.substack.com/pub/urbanwei... #darkfantasy #serialfiction #substack #weirdfiction
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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The weird decadent hyper-urban world of Gwij through the serialized novel “Conspiracy of False Citizens”. If you like what you read, consider subscribing to receive future episodes. #darkfantasy #serialfiction #substack #weirdfiction
The weird decadent hyper-urban world of Gwij through the serialized novel “Conspiracy of False Citizens”. If you like what you read, consider subscribing to receive future episodes. #darkfantasy #serialfiction #substack #weirdfiction
Confederacy of False Citizens
Serialized novel set in the hyper-urban world of Gwij
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December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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The weird decadent hyper-urban world of Gwij through the serialized novel “Conspiracy of False Citizens”. If you like what you read, consider subscribing to receive future episodes. #darkfantasy #serialfiction #substack #weirdfiction
The weird decadent hyper-urban world of Gwij through the serialized novel “Conspiracy of False Citizens”. If you like what you read, consider subscribing to receive future episodes. #darkfantasy #serialfiction #substack #weirdfiction
Come and read the first episode of the serialized extended edition of “Flowers Wilt, Weeds Thrive”. Subscribe for free if want to continue reading the series of the weird Scorned urban world of Hinodé. urbanweirdchronicles.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Come and read the first episode of the serialized extended edition of “Flowers Wilt, Weeds Thrive”. Subscribe for free if want to continue reading the series of the weird Scorned urban world of Hinodé. urbanweirdchronicles.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Brainstorming starting something new…but old. Inspirations: Glamorous Decay, Absinthe-stained Brocade, Seductive Degeneracy, and Dissolute Heirs of the Decadent Elite #writingproject #decadence #writingcommunity #urbanweird #weirdfiction #writesky
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Brainstorming starting something new…but old. Inspirations: Glamorous Decay, Absinthe-stained Brocade, Seductive Degeneracy, and Dissolute Heirs of the Decadent Elite #writingproject #decadence #writingcommunity #urbanweird #weirdfiction #writesky
The Poetic City 1 #poetry #citypoems #urbanweird #iambictetrameter #poetrycommunity #poems #writersofinstagram
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Poetic City 1 #poetry #citypoems #urbanweird #iambictetrameter #poetrycommunity #poems #writersofinstagram
I think Abygail the Muse and I need to re-negotiate our professional relationship. #norwegianforestcat #writing #journalingroutine #caturdaymornings #writingcommunity #writinglife #writesky #cats
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I think Abygail the Muse and I need to re-negotiate our professional relationship. #norwegianforestcat #writing #journalingroutine #caturdaymornings #writingcommunity #writinglife #writesky #cats
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November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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New Blog post: The Weird of Weird urbanweird.com/blog/the-weird-of-weird #urbanweird #weirdfiction #darkfantasy #literary #readsky #writesky #fantasysky #writingthoughts
The Weird of Weird — UrbanWeird
T here has been a sub-genre of speculative fiction that has been called “weird” for about 100 years now. It may even pre-date the term ‘fantasy’ as a sub-genre, but I am not sure about that. I’v...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
New Blog post: The Weird of Weird urbanweird.com/blog/the-weird-of-weird #urbanweird #weirdfiction #darkfantasy #literary #readsky #writesky #fantasysky #writingthoughts
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November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Want to escape to…hmmm…where those already there may want to escape? Ready to go all in on the weird, urban—the UrbanWeird? Pick up a copy of “Flowers Wilt, Weeds Thrive”. a.co/d/gIuNG1P
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The UrbanWeirdist newsletter brian-wood-koiwa.kit.com/70b2e03aea
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October 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The UrbanWeirdist newsletter brian-wood-koiwa.kit.com/70b2e03aea
#darkfantasy #writesky #readsky #urbanweird #writingcommunity
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The Orange Moronic Menace is infesting my city now. I feel dirty.
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The Orange Moronic Menace is infesting my city now. I feel dirty.
Poetry nuts and bolts and appreciation mood #poetry #stephenfry #amreading #versify #poetrycommunity #odelesstravelled
October 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Poetry nuts and bolts and appreciation mood #poetry #stephenfry #amreading #versify #poetrycommunity #odelesstravelled
Very nice to wake up in Tokyo and see images of all the No King protests against the fascists morons holding the country hostag
October 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Very nice to wake up in Tokyo and see images of all the No King protests against the fascists morons holding the country hostag
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Literary, Genre, Both?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes a piece of fiction literary and what make it not so. The common term for fiction that is not literary is...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Silly me. I thought it was journaling time. It is obviously “give me some lovins’” time #cats #journaling #writesky #norwegianforestcat
October 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Silly me. I thought it was journaling time. It is obviously “give me some lovins’” time #cats #journaling #writesky #norwegianforestcat
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October 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Ready to enter the modern gothic world of Manderley #literature
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September 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Ready to enter the modern gothic world of Manderley #literature
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Flowers Wilt, Weeds Thrive by Brian Wood-Koiwa - Free ARCs at Pen Pinery
We should be wary of meeting our heroes, but what if that hero is a vast unknown city?
Within the sodden gloom of a Wamono cloister, novice Yuuki-Hana has only one thing on his mind, obtain any illic...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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People and The City are in a constant back and forth—the ultimate symbiotic relationship. #writingcommunity
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September 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
People and The City are in a constant back and forth—the ultimate symbiotic relationship. #writingcommunity
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Throw yourself into the weird grim city of Hinodè - The Scorned World
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Throw yourself into the weird grim city of Hinodè - The Scorned World
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September 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Throw yourself into the weird grim city of Hinodè - The Scorned World
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Throw yourself into the weird grim city of Hinodè - The Scorned World
#speculativefiction #dystopian #writinglife #urbanweird #darkfantasy #grimdark #weirdfiction #readingcommunity #fantasyreads #readsky
Magical Realism in 1830s London and Oxford from point of view of Chinese orphan. Loving the historical, literary, fictional, and shady footnotes and themes of empire, colonialism, and academia. #magicalrealism #rfkuang #amreading #readersgonnaread #literaryfantasy #readsky
September 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Magical Realism in 1830s London and Oxford from point of view of Chinese orphan. Loving the historical, literary, fictional, and shady footnotes and themes of empire, colonialism, and academia. #magicalrealism #rfkuang #amreading #readersgonnaread #literaryfantasy #readsky
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