"The Tale of Rinji" was awarded an "Honorable Mention" by the Jury of the 2013 Darrell Awards (recognizing the best published Mid-South Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror since 1996).
The tragedy of his past now long buried by time, Rinji sleeps eternity away in an ancient forest as the beautiful kami (spirit) of a magnificent sakura tree... Until one day an unexpected visitor, a white and black fox, wakes him and persuades him to embark with him on a journey of discovery - a journey that Rinji is unaware will uncover the mysteries of the very past he does not remember.
Will this journey reunite Rinji with his true love...or abandon him to the clutches of the evil that still seeks to tear them apart? Although they gather several traveling companions along the way, each with their own story, none of them could possibly be prepared for what will happen when Rinji's secret is finally revealed...
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