Aidan Connor is a globetrotting American photojournalist. Burned out from a disastrous assignment, he turns up on the Tokyo doorstep of his old college friend, Mima. He soon learns that Mima's past (and his own) have become present. A talented artist, Mima is struggling to make it on her own. Two of her oldest friends, Sora and Eko are also battling a peculiar form of social injustice: they are branded "Parasite Singles" because both still live at home despite being in their early thirties. Aidan knows everyone has a story: a brilliant painter, Sora suffers from mental illness. Eko, who appears to be the poster child for the term also has a dark past. As he remakes himself, Aidan is reminded of what kept him close to Mima all these years. He also sees what keeps Mima, Sora, Eko and Mima's old love so close as well...one thing never dies.

Parasite Girls

Literature & Fiction

Gates, Tory

Contemporary

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Aki Sato is a 15-year-old girl living in Tokyo with her two brothers, Kenji (20) and Hiro (16). Their parents are gone, killed in a train accident. Kenji has dropped out of school to take over the family business, which the others help in. All three are dealing with the loss differently...Kenji remains stolid and quiet, Hiro is dark, brooding and not very communicative, and Aki remains optimistic.Aki's deeper issue is the Amida Syndrome, which she inherited from her mother. Aki has the ability to time travel but has no training or experience in using it. Furthermore, Aki is beset by terrifying nightmares, including one in which she continues to hear a strange metallic sound. A breakdown of the family truck leads to the incident that changes their lives forever. From the house comes that very sound. An investigation leads them to Kazu, an aging former blues musician. He agrees to teach Hiro guitar and becomes a mentor to Aki. Kazu also is a traveler, and proves it by whisking them all to San Francisco of the 1960s, and infusing all of them with the blues, the music that so took him. Aki decides to test her powers. A series of misadventure follows, as Aki brings her brothers to the Mississippi Delta of the 30s, London of the 60s, and pre-9/11 New York City, where they meet a legend who died before anyone knew his name. Aki gains further understanding of her powers, and also discovers her own "voice." The story ends in a unique manner, but leaves the door wide open to a future where the reader will ask, "What happens next? How did they do?"

Searching for Roy Buchanan (Sweet Dreams)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Brown Posey Press

Aki Sato is connected to the Amida, the power of time travel. But she knows she cannot change the past nor can she solve her problems in the real world. After Aki joins her brother Hiro's band, she feels something from her band members that go far beyond music. Aki goes back in time to uncover a hidden past and to make an amazing discovery.

Call It Love: Sweet Dreams 2

LGBTQ+ Books

Sixteen-year-old Rei Murata appears to have everything: good looks, brains, artistic skill and admiring friends. But Rei is a survivor—of loss, neglect and of self-isolation. Locked away from a world where she felt unwanted, Rei was one of the millions known as the hikikomori. A chance meeting leads Rei to discover the online world of the Dwellers. Astonished to find her former classmate Sho among their number, Rei is determined to rescue him. Rei learns she must come to terms with her past before she can face her future. For her peers, the barriers of class and society must fall, so they too can move forward. No one is ever lost, Rei believes. She hopes to lead Sho, and the rest to their moment in the sun.

A Moment in the Sun

Teen & Young Adult

Social Issues

Sunbury Press, Inc.

Aki Sato is back?Aki's life has surpassed even her wildest dreams. In five years, Aki has found success and stardom in music, and more importantly, love in her partner and collaborator, Kiya.But for Aki, the dream has become a nightmare: Kiya is lost in time, and a force Aki has never before encountered blocks her ability to time travel, the Amida.Aki discovers a hidden enemy within the Amida, who seeks her power and leaves the thing most dear to Aki hanging in the balance. To Aki, there is no alternative but one dangerous, and desperate gamble.The third volume in the Sweet Dreams Series, "Shake Hands with the Devil" finds Aki Sato at her most obsessed, even ruthless in her search for Kiya and to protect the Amida. Meanwhile, Kiya sails the Great Lakes in 1960s America, knowing she is on her own, until Aki can find her.Tory Gates brings the Sweet Dreams Series full circle in "Shake Hands with the Devil," available at SunburyPress.com, Amazon and wherever great books are sold.

Shake Hands with the Devil (Sweet Dreams)

Children's Books

How the Story Ends

Literary

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