Beam

by Ao Omae, 大前粟生, Emily Balistrieri (Translator)

Short story from author's 2019 flash fiction collection 私と鰐と妹の部屋 ('A Room for a Crocodile, My Sister, and Me').
English translation published in Electric Lit, Issue No. 128 and available to read online at journal's website.

Unknown Binding

First published March 1, 2019

About the author

Ao Omae (Japanese name: 大前粟生) was born in 1992 in Hyogo Prefecture. Hailed in Japan as a rising star of gender-conscious literature since the 2020 publication of Nuigurumi to Shaberu Hito wa Yasashii (“People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals are Nice”), he debuted in 2016 with a short story that was eventually included in the 2018 collection Kaitengusa (Tumbleweed). In 2019, he released a collection of flash fiction called Watashi to Wani to Imōto no Heya (“A Room for a Crocodile, My Sister, and Me”), and his 2017 digital-only collection is Nokemonodomono.