Kunoichi Tales

This series of short stories, set before and between the novels of the Seasons of the Sword series, is available for sale — but free exclusively to our subscribers and to our Kickstarter supporters!

There are at least nine planned stories, each exploring the origins of Lady Chiyome’s army of “dangerous flowers”:

Kunoichi Companion Tales

1. White Robes — Mired in her own grief, Lady Mochizuki Chiyome encounters two young women who give her a whole new, much more interesting opportunity (now available!)
2. Silk & Service — A young Takeda warrior meets a servant who is much more than she seems (now available!)
3. Waiting for Kuniko — Mieko is waiting at a rendezvous behind enemy lines. In the rain. Without a hat. The person who comes up the road is the last person she expected to encounter. (now available!)
4. Wild Mushrooms — A Hōjō commander is delighted when two pretty young shrine maidens enter his camp on the evening before a battle. Perhaps he shouldn’t have been. (now available!)
5. Ghost — At a banquet to celebrate a new alliance, Chiyome contemplates murder, and discovers a new servant (now available!)
6. Schools for Talented Youngsters: Monthly Headmistresses’ Dinner — Three unique ladies get together once a month to share the joys and challenges involved teaching young ladies with very particular… talents. (Historical fantasy/crossover — now available!)
7. Shining Boy — Plucked off of the streets of the capital, an orphan girl tries to figure out what story she’s wandered into (Coming soon!)
8. Blade — Toumi doesn’t want anyone messing with her business (Coming soon!)
9. Little Brother — Returning to the monastery turns out to be as hard as leaving it was (Coming soon!)