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Brian Wood-Koiwa

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Dark speculative/grimdark novelist based in Tokyo.

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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Brian Wood-Koiwa @woodkoiwa.bsky.social · Jun 5

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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Weeds Thrive, Flowers Wilt

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Brian Wood-Koiwa

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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

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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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
#speculativefiction #urbanweird #darkfantasy #grimdark #weirdfiction #readingcommunity #fantasyreads

November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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The UrbanWeirdist newsletter brian-wood-koiwa.kit.com/70b2e03aea
#darkfantasy #writesky #readsky #urbanweird #writingcommunity

October 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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The Orange Moronic Menace is infesting my city now. I feel dirty.

October 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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Poetry nuts and bolts and appreciation mood #poetry #stephenfry #amreading #versify #poetrycommunity #odelesstravelled

Kinfle book cover of “Ode Less Travelled” by stephen Fry.

October 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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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

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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New blog post on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author_blog_... #literary #literature #speculativefiction #genre #urbanweird #writesky #readsky #fanstasysky #writingthoughts #writingcommunity

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

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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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

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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Subscribe to the UrbanWeirdist Newsletter here: brian-wood-koiwa.kit.com/70b2e03aea

#writingcommunity #writingthoughts
#speculativefiction#dystopian #writinglife #urbanweird #darkfantasy #grimdark #weirdfiction #readingcommunity #fantasyreads #readsky #fantasysky

October 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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Ready to enter the modern gothic world of Manderley #literature
#hardcoreliteraturebookclub #daphnedumaurier #moderngothic #rebecca #amreading #readersgonnaread #readsky

September 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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#cities #citylife #citygram #urbanophile #writingthecity #cityquotes #urbanweird #writingthoughts

A quote by Herb Caen: “A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.”

September 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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Want to read something weird and gritty with a bit of camp? looking for ARC readers for "Flowers Wilt, Weeds Thrive" (get a free epub copy of the novel in exchange for honest review). #arcreaders #darkfantasy #grimdark #dystopian #weirdfiction

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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

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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People and The City are in a constant back and forth—the ultimate symbiotic relationship. #writingcommunity
#writesky #writingthoughts
#readsky #speculativefiction #writinglife #urbanweird #darkfantasy #grimdark #weirdfiction #indieauthor #readingcommunity #cities #urbandesign #urbanplanning

September 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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Pick up a copy of “Flower Wilt, Weeds Thrive” at books2read.com/flowerswilt and a.co/d/gIuNG1P
Throw yourself into the weird grim city of Hinodè - The Scorned World
#speculativefiction #dystopian #writinglife #urbanweird #darkfantasy #grimdark #weirdfiction #readingcommunity #fantasyreads #readsky

September 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM

Brian Wood-Koiwa

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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