At the Edge of the Wood (Keshiki 6)

Book 6 of Strangers Press' chapbook series, Keshiki.

When his wife returns to her parents house to have their second child, an unnamed narrator and his son are left to manage by themselves. Instead of absence, what the father and son begin to notice is a strange noise opening up between them, reverberating through their home, their television set, and the books they read at night. The wood outside their home hums with it, too: leaves fall from branches which are already naked, trees wriggle when walked past, and the hills on the horizon rise and fall in a building rhythm. 

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When so much in our world and in our culture is working to divide us, KESHIKI - meaning landscape, view, or vista - is a celebration of co-operation; of collaboration, creativity, and cultural exchange, in addition to literary excellence.