Photos of Central Japan

For my story "How I was Murdered by a Fox Monster" the setting is rural central Japan. Unlike other cities such as Tokyo and Osaka, I imagined somewhere surrounded by mountains like Gifu or rural Aichi. Most young people have moved to larger cities and the population is getting older, so there's plenty of evidence of neglect and decay. These are some pictures that I've taken on day trips. I hope they can help you to imagine the setting of "How I was Murdered by a Fox Monster."

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How I was Murdered by a Monster King Chapter 7

Daisuke here. Last time we met I joined a secret organization of exorcists who hunt down evil monsters which are disguised as regular animals. My training was going great until a super powerful fox monster attacked and my teacher tried to kill me. Now my friends and the organization are accusing me of being a monster in human form, but that can’t be possible, can it?

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Chapter 7

Life returned to normal once I started going back to school again. I was hanging out with my friends, training to be an exorcist, Itsuki had gone back to being my arch nemesis, and I was failing math. The whole monster thing had almost been forgotten, and against my sister's expectations Shinta didn't returned to dissect me. I was a little worried that Nina's brother would eventually figure out a way to outsmart my sister, but he instead gave up and spent most of his time trying to win the other exorcists over to his side.

"Souta my friend," he said while throwing an arm around Souta's shoulders in the hallway at headquarters. "Is it true that your uncle was best friends with the current head of the organization?"

"He was back in high school," said Souta. "Before he was eaten alive by a shark monster on a school trip, but everyone thinks it might have been a regular shark."

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How I was Murdered by a Fox Monster Special Chapter Part 2

Part 2

After dark I met up with the community service club. A.k.a my cool exorcist friends who I was talking about earlier. I was also lucky enough to be paired up with Nina. Who is awesome! And nothing like that anti-social prick Itsuki. Together we merrily strolled the mountain path with bamboo trees on either side. Searching the forest for any signs of Yuto Murukami's couple eating monster.

I watched Nina's long brown hair sway behind her as her feet bounced with each step. I may have also been glancing a little further down. But I only did that once, or twice. Definitely not three times.

Nina and I actually go waaaay back. Like a whole four months. She may be two years older than me, and kind of looks like my sister, but she actually used to be one of my potential girlfriends back in my single days.

Although she's never said anything out loud, or dropped any hints, I have a feeling that she's secretly into me. Nina may be skilled at hiding her true emotions, but watching me get taken by another girl must have driven her mad with jealousy.

"It's a lot chillier out here than I expected." She rubbed her bare arms. "I should have brought a jacket."

I knew it was obviously girl code for ditch your girlfriend and hold me Daisuke, but I resisted temptation.

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Khan and the Kingdom without Gods Chapter 4

Outside our world exists one of gods. A place where gods reign supreme and humans live like days of old.

Khan is a dashing thief who travels to a small kingdom without gods in the hope of seducing their beautiful princess. He is instead drawn to her unusual bodyguard who has a few secrets of her own. The battle between mortals and gods has only just begun. 

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“So she was a god hunter, that makes sense,” said Khan. God hunters were small groups of people who travelled the countryside attacking gods. They usually consisted of young people with strong grudges against immortals. They tended to live very short and painful lives which were usually ended by the hands of a god who they couldn’t defeat.

The gods despised anyone who attempted to challenge them, so harbouring or providing for god hunters was forbidden throughout the land and was punishable by death. Most god hunters were shunned and cast out by mortals, but so were thieves, so Khan and Mei had something in common.

"Yeah, after that I travelled with them as they hunted down gods who were being mean to people,” said Nawaki sadly. “But they always made me stay behind and look after camp so I didn’t get to see much fighting. Mei was always busy following that Malik guy around so I didn’t really talk to her back then. She always agreed with everything he said like they were dating or something."

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How I was Murdered by a Fox Monster Special Chapter Part 1

Hello. This is an extra chapter that I've been working on for a while. It takes place after How I was Murdered by a Monster King and it's part of my How I was Murdered by a Fox Monster 3 project. Currently my plans for a third book are pretty vague and uncertain due to the challenges of writing and selling ebooks, but I do have an idea for Daisuke's next adventure, and I would like to continue releasing some free chapters and see how things go from there.

If you would like to support this story, you can do so by purchasing the first two books, How I was Murdered by a Fox Monster and How I was Murdered by a Monster King on Amazon or an ebook store. If you've already read them, leaving a review on Goodreads or Amazon would help me out ENORMOUSLY as well.

If you've enjoyed reading my stuff for free, you can also buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/mcqueenwrites

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Daisuke make's a girlfriend: Part 1

Hey! My name is Daisuke Matsumoto, and I'm just your average Japanese high school student, is what I usually say when introducing myself to normal people.

But in reality I have a super secret identity that I have to hide from all you nobodies out there.

I'm an exorcist.

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How I was Murdered by a Monster King Chapter 6

Daisuke here. Last time we met I joined a secret organization of exorcists who hunt down evil monsters which are disguised as regular animals. My training was going great until a super powerful fox monster attacked and my teacher tried to kill me. Now my friends and the organization are accusing me of being a monster in human form, but that can’t be possible, can it?

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Chapter 6

After a few weeks, Sis finally managed to convince Nina's brother and Hugo to let me return to school. My sister was smart enough to wait until Shinta stopped calling up everyday to check on me, and then she launched her counter attack. Nina's brother looked like he was going to cry, but Sis threatened to tell Shinta more of his embarrassing moments if he didn't let me go back to class. Akito also managed to convince them that I was probably safe.

"Nooooooo! You can't do this to me!" Begged Nina's brother as he clung to my sister's leg in desperation. "If anyone ever finds out, the best promotion I'll ever get will be the main branch janitor!"

"I hear they've been trying to find someone to clean the outside toilet for a while now," said Hugo. "Even the janitor won't touch it."

"Please, please, think of my career!" Nina's brother cried, but my sister refused to budge.

Unfortunately they left it up to Nina's brother to explain my long absence, so he told the school that I'd caught Ebola. I think he also realized that he might need to pull me out again (in case Shinta came back to check on them), so he told everyone that there was a high chance of me regressing.

I arrived at school on Monday to find that everyone had moved their desks as far away from mine as possible. My lonely desk looked like a remote island in a sea of tables and chairs. All my classmates were standing around in groups chatting with each other, but everyone suddenly fell silent and nervously watched when I entered the classroom. I thought school would be the one place where people would treat me like I was normal, but I suddenly felt more isolated than ever.

I trudged over to my desk, sadly pulled out the chair, and sat down. I could hear the guy sitting in the desk next to me trying to subtly move his desk away until it bumped into the wall.

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Khan and the Kingdom without Gods Chapter 3

Outside our world exists one of gods. A place where gods reign supreme and humans live like days of old.

Khan is a dashing thief who travels to a small kingdom without gods in the hope of seducing their beautiful princess. He is instead drawn to her unusual bodyguard who has a few secrets of her own. The battle between mortals and gods has only just begun. 

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How I was Murdered by a Monster King Chapter 5

Daisuke here. Last time we met I joined a secret organization of exorcists who hunt down evil monsters which are disguised as regular animals. My training was going great until a super powerful fox monster attacked and my teacher tried to kill me. Now my friends and the organization are accusing me of being a monster in human form, but that can’t be possible, can it?

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Grab the ebook and paperback on Amazon!

Chapter 5

With no school to go to, most of my time was spent repairing headquarters. It was all because Akito was too stingy to hire anyone. He said that we couldn't risk bringing in outsiders in case they discovered the library, our weapons, the illegal shotgun, and his gunpowder stock in the basement. Akito said he had enough ammunition to blow up my school, but I think he just didn't want to part with his money.

The building had taken quite a blow from the fox monster attack, so we had to rebuild the living room, kitchen, bathroom, and study. Kiyori tried to argue that because I helped destroy it, I should repair it all, but Akito insisted that the physical labour was all part of our training.

"The organization used to hire more outsiders," said Souta as he happily nailed the floor next to me. "But then they arrested my uncle on suspicion of imprisoning young people and running a cult. He spent ten years in prison."

"I don't see why we have to make all the repairs," said Taisei as he threw down his hammer and began rubbing his throbbing wrist. "We're supposed to be monster hunters, not repairmen!"

"Doing repairs is all part of being a self-sufficient exorcist," said Akito as he walked past carrying a pile of new tiles for the bathroom.

"Cleaning the toilet is all part of being a self sufficient exorcist," said Taisei while impersonating Akito's stern voice.

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March Writing Update

This is my first writing update in months since I decided to give myself a break. I felt pretty burnt out after writing Memories of a Soul in the Underworld over two years, and I just wanted to take a break and try some other stuff. Mostly Kingdom Hearts.

In order to do well you have to write a lot and promote yourself, but the progress can be slow. Slower than a stoned out snail, so sometimes it can become overwhelming and I can feel myself inching closer and closer to a mental breakdown, so I often have to give myself a break. I recently removed myself from Facebook and Twitter as well, because they are both super draining.

When it comes to Memories of a Soul in the Underworld I’m still not 100 percent happy with the end result, so I decided to take some time away from it, so that I could come back and see any problems more easily. I hope to release it as a paperback, but I already found a tone of problems with the draft, so I hope to do so once I get that sorted out. I live pretty far from Amazon, so it takes a while for any drafts to arrive to my side of the world.

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Khan and the Kingdom without Gods Chapter 2

Outside our world exists one of gods. A place where gods reign supreme and humans live like days of old.

Khan is a dashing thief who travels to a small kingdom without gods in the hope of seducing their beautiful princess. He is instead drawn to her unusual bodyguard who has a few secrets of her own. The battle between mortals and gods has only just begun. 

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