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Stone Bridge Press
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The MONKEY imprint was established by Stone Bridge Press in partnership with MONKEY New Writing from Japan.

Cover design by Counterpunch Inc. / Nick Vitacco (www.counterpunch.ca). Octopus photo by Jade Flesher, via Pexels.

“Dragon Palace” was first published in volume 3 of Monkey Business (2013). “Sea Horse” was first published in volume 2 of MONKEY New Writing from Japan (2021).

Originally published in Japan as Ryugu. Original Japanese text ©2002 Hiromi Kawakami.

English translation © 2023 Ted Goossen.

First printing 2023.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher.

Printed in the United States of America.

p-ISBN 978-1-7376253-5-3 (paperback)
p-ISBN 978-1-7376253-7-7 (casebound)
e-ISBN: 978-1-7376253-6-0 (ebook)