This year, I am trying to be more on top of my revisions and get out those nice, shiny ebooks with all the finished stories that have been piling up in the past few years. The start makes one of the short stories from the collection „Sons of Nature“: „The First Cherry Blossom of Spring“. …
Continue reading Behind the Story: The First Cherry Blossom of Spring
Straightening up again, Yue Ji needed a moment to calm his breathing. He had known that this would happen and he had seen it coming for a while. And yet, the pain was still the same. He cleared his throat and then turned to look at Petal who was sitting on one of the shelves, …
The couple successfully snuck back to the clearing the next day, taking the remaining sets of clothes, as well as all furs and blankets, from Fu Yun’s house with them. They had nowhere to put them yet and Fu Yun belatedly realized that he now didn’t have a cart to transport his furniture with because …
Yue Ji didn’t seem to notice his awkwardness. He nodded in greeting at the three men that had helped him before walking over the rest of the way and stopping next to Fu Yun. He reached up and rubbed his arm, a smile still on his lips. “Did you get everything you needed?” Fu Yun …
The two of them stayed the night in the village but got up early to grab a bundle with some of Fu Yun’s things from the hut each before sneaking out with Petal’s help. Nobody saw them and soon, they were back at the clearing, putting the bundles where they were protected from the wind …
With Yue Ji staying quiet about his worries and yet reassuring Fu Yun that nothing was wrong and he had just been lost in thought for a moment, the two of them continued to the village. When they weren’t far away, Fu Yun stopped in his tracks and turned back to Yue Ji. “Let me …
A few weeks later, the day when the last snow melted finally came. Fu Yun looked at the dark ground with a satisfied expression, hurriedly grabbed the first bundle of his things, and rushed out of his hut to go and meet Yue Ji. Even though the spirit had lived for a much longer time …
That day, Fu Yun was unable to part from Yue Ji for a long time and returned to the village later than usual. Seeing as his behavior had been odd recently, one of the others immediately walked up to him to see if he was alright. “Fu Yun! Did something happen?” Fu Yun could only …
The next few days, Fu Yun returned to the clearing where Yue Ji lived just as early, staying an hour or two before hurriedly returning to the village so nobody would realize what was going on, sometimes managing to hunt at least a rabbit or some other small animal while making his way through the …
Fu Yun wasn’t even sure where to start asking his questions at this moment. But watching Yue Ji’s transformation made him aware of how different they actually were. Mulling it over for a moment, he finally seemed to grasp the core of the issue. “So … what you’re saying is that, actually, you’re a plant?” …
Yan Su Su 