Scritch Scratch
The Legend of Teketeke
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Everything is connected.
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Subway trains, JR trains, express trains; they flow through Saitama like veins; the life-blood of any major city.
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When a little boy in Urawa Ward goes missing, it is up to rookie officer Sasaki to find him before he becomes one of many 'evaporated people.' But he gets so much more than he bargained for.
Entangled in a web of deceit far greater than he and his mentor, Sergeant Oda, could have imagined, their lives are derailed by one sure fact: The culprit will not stop unless they make him.
Without any witnesses, without any leads, without evidence of foul play, and without a hope in hell, can Sasaki find the missing boy before more lives are lost to the darkness?
Now haunting Amazon & other retailers
Teketeke Doll Repaint Video
​Come and watch how the Teketeke doll was made!
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This repaint video not only shows the love, care, and gore that went into making this little darling (complete with magnetic body and glow in the dark eyes), but also has a reading of Chapter 1 from the Scritch Scratch: The Legend of Teketeke novella!
IN THE WORKS
Books to come
An upcoming collection of six novellas inspired by real Japanese urban legends
Each novella serves as an origin story for the Japanese urban legends of Teketeke, Kuchisake-onna, Mary-san no Denwa (Mary's Calling), Noppera-bo, Hanako of the Toilet, and Akamanto.
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Mary's Calling
Never leave her alone...
Mayu, a lonely little girl in Meiji-era Japan, is given a beautiful doll for her sixth birthday.
Porcelain face, western-style dress with frills, a pearl necklace that shines like a string of tiny stars. And a wind-up crank to make her talk:
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“Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row…”
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But Mayu and her mother, Hiroe, soon discover that Mary has a mind all her own—and she is not afraid to use it to get what she wants.
PUBLISHED WORKS
Anthologies
Published November 2021
By Crow's Feet Journal
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The world is driven by stories—legends that expand across cultures and time. While some of these have become tales of joyous heroes, others have become darker. Tales of warning. Fear.
From Big Foot to Mothman, the Loch Ness Monster to the Dover Demon, and many others in between, Cryptids & Conspiracies covers unique retellings of classic cryptid myths and legends. Featuring 17 stories from authors worldwide, you’ll be sure to find your favorite creatures within the pages, as well as some new ones to keep you up at night.
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A collection of short stories inspired by real cryptids and urban legends.
Pieces by E. L. Julian are Space Invaders and Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
Published September 2021
By Crow's Feet Journal
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Death comes in many forms–always lurking, always watching. A living nightmare that none of us can hide from. None of us can escape. Join us in exploring 100 different ways to die–in the most unique and horrific ways. Everything from death by cats to grizzly homicides, these authors bring the fright, and remind us that death is never far behind.
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A collection of 100 pieces of micro-fiction, all one-hundred words precisely.
Pieces by E. L. Julian are Symphony of Screams, Moonlit Monsters, and Helping Hands
I spawned doll versions of my characters
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The story Wolves in Sheep's Clothing featured in the above anthology spawned a need to see these little urban legends in real life.
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So, I made doll versions of them.
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One of the best things about being a writer and a doll customizer is the ability (and inclination) to quite literally bring your characters life, manifesting them into the real world to scare the daylights out of people.
A short story inspired by the urban legend of "The Black-Eyed Children"
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Not to mention a sneak peek into a novella from the Seeing is Believing collection:
Mary's Calling
Mary-san no Denwa