River of Heaven

[rachelmanija]

My very first prose fiction sale is up!

River of Heaven, at Strange Horizons: a love letter to traditional Japanese sweets and modern Japanese subway stations. Long may they co-exist!

Comments

[fadethecat.livejournal.com]

That was lovely, and amazing. (And made me miss hot coffee in a can from Tokyo vending machines.)

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I miss it too. In fact, the whole story could probably be summarized as "I wish I was in Tokyo RIGHT NOW."

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Oh, lovely! :D

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Steambath subway station bringing on any memories?

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Also? It is a beautifully-written, interesting story.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you!

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

I liked it-- very vibrant, and present.

Also, now I'm hungry for bean paste sweets.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I hope there are some where you are...

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love it to pieces! It made me cry (in a good way!) and it reminded me of really good manga (in a good way, obviously, like something by Nishi Keiko).

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

The comments about it reminding people of manga are my favorite ones. ;)

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[jinian.livejournal.com]

It's a wonderful story, and I'm so happy it's up!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[oyceter]

Oh, it's lovely! It is SO MANGA! Also, I hadn't realized you had used the scarf story, and I love grumpy angel and Heaven breaking and the pomeranian in a sailor suit!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Yes! Best commission ever! I'm so happy you liked it (and my favorite comments are the ones that say SO MANGA.)

PS. Icon JUST FOR YOU.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Eee! ::goes to read::

I'm gonna want mochi after this, aren't I?

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

And it's lovely! A gift. Thank you for it.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Yay! I enjoyed it.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! The story is lovely.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[estara.livejournal.com]

I really liked that it's so hopeful. The sweet descriptions made me hungry T.T... I want to taste those sweets.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I hope at least some sort of mochi is available where you are.

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

PS. It's dedicated to you.

[inkstone (from livejournal.com)]

Whee! And it is so lovely! :D

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[daedala.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

*story love*

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[nenena.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!! And I am totally in love with this story. It's beautiful, and it gets every single detail about the food and the subways right.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! (I see my nitpicky mochi correction notes to the editor-- at least three-- were not in vain.)

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

By the way, my mother-in-law read and enjoyed your story. :D (You have wide age and audience appeal, apparently.)

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Hooray!

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congratulations, and I look forward to reading it just as soon as I can focus :)

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Hopefully, the first sale of many.

[mercwriter.livejournal.com]

Major congrats! :D (I also enjoyed your story. :))

Hopefully there will be many more to follow.

~Merc

[sovay.livejournal.com]

My very first prose fiction sale is up!

Mazel tov!

[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

Very nice!

There should be more stories with detailed descriptions of food. It's a good theme for an anthology. It could include you and Steven Brust and... I dunno.

[thistleingrey.livejournal.com]

Yay! I loved the food aspect, too, and how it shaped the characters' interaction.

Re: anthology, McKillip for Atrix Wolfe?