Adrian Fridge asked Claire Cray:

Would you ever consider turning "Aniki's Garden" into a full novel(or novella)?

Claire Cray Hi! Thanks for asking! I've thought about it, but I don't know. I'd love to do like a stylized collection of short stories and vignettes, with Yuuta following Kazuo deeper and deeper into his kinky, eccentric corner of the underworld. But I'm afraid if I stayed in the Aniki's Garden universe I'd end up fetishizing Japan in ways I'm not comfortable with.

SAYS THE WOMAN WHO WROTE YAKUZA TENTACLE PORN, I KNOW

I do love that retro Japanese fetish/yakuza-movie aesthetic. TONS. If I could figure out a way to play around with that responsibly, I'd be on it immediately. I lived in Tokyo for a few years and would love to write some freaky underworld stories in that vein, but I also don't want to be another white loudmouth feeding stereotypes about Japan. Aniki's Garden definitely felt edgy for me in that respect.

I'm thrilled you liked it enough to ask for more, though! :)

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