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    Keitai Friends
    Keitai Friends
    Keitai Friends
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    Keitai Friends

    By James Pollard

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    Josh's story plays a part of the lives of the Keitai Friends who appear in 'Memoirs of a Vending Machine' and 'Kujira'. This edition includes what was a four page manga that is based on a narrative section of the story. The frames have been adapted to suit the ebook format, creating a hybrid manga that does not interfere with the integrity of the text as a short story, yet enhances it contextually. The manga has been created in Japan by Japanese artists to ensure that it is stylistically modern, placing the reader in Japan and in the moment. Please enjoy!

    * 'Keitai Friends' is a chapter of 'Memoirs of a Vending Machine', also available at Smashwords.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames Pollard
    Release dateNov 23, 2010
    ISBN9781452393902
    Keitai Friends
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    James Pollard

    I lived in Japan about for about 7 years in the 90s but moved back to Australia at the turn of the century. I earned a crust teaching basic Japanese in high school for a few years before moving to teaching ESL. I studied law part-time during this period and now work as a criminal lawyer in the outback of Australia spending my time in the courts on circuit as an advocate for indigenous Australians. Writing is a hobby and a way of coming to terms with my time in Japan and the transition back to life in Australia. Anyway, please enjoy my literary contributions and I hope to get something else up sometime in the future. Maybe my experiences in the Kimberley regions of Western Australia?

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      Keitai Friends

      Published by James Pollard at Smashwords

      Copyright 2010 James Pollard

      Copyrighted material. All rights reserved. Please do not reproduce in part or in whole without the express prior written consent of the author.All characters and events in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental.

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