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    The Onmyoji's Wife
    The Onmyoji's Wife
    The Onmyoji's Wife
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    The Onmyoji's Wife

    By Kate Macleod

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    When a demon takes up residence in the princess's chambers, the onmyoji of Heian-Kyo find themselves fatally outmatched.

    They send for a famed onmyoji from a distant prefecture but his widow Chiaki arrives in his place. How can this old woman succeed where master onmyoji failed?

    The head of the order believes her the real power behind her husband, but the young apprentice Kenji suspects Chiaki hides another, deeper secret.

    Set in the ornately structured world of tenth century Japan, "The Onmyoji's Wife" is a short story that shows just how much power a good marriage can generate.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRatatoskr Press
    Release dateApr 29, 2017
    ISBN9781946552068
    The Onmyoji's Wife
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    Kate Macleod

    Dr. Kate MacLeod is an innovative inclusive educator, researcher, and author. She began her career as a high school special education teacher in New York City and now works as faculty in the college of education at the University of Maine Farmington and as an education consultant with Inclusive Schooling. She has spent 15 years studying inclusive practices and supporting school leaders and educators to feel prepared and inspired to include all learners.

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      THE ONMYOJI’S WIFE

      Kenji stood, onmyoji cap in his hands, trying to lose himself in the gentle breeze that whispered through his favorite tree, picking up the scent of the peaches before tickling over his uncovered head.

      It was divine, the sound of the leaves, the smell of overripe fruit, the coolness of autumn blowing down from the mountains. But it wasn't enough. It didn't dispell the memories plaguing him. Daichi's scream as the spirit flung him into the wooden crossbeam then hurled him down onto the floor. The shattering of bones, the tang of blood in the air. The malevolence of the spirit pressing at his mind even as he and Gakuto fled.

      If we could figure out where we went wrong, Gakuto said from where he sat on the walkway behind Kenji. We were so close.

      We were close, Kenji admitted, but it's hopeless. I never understood Daichi's ideas. Did you? We two could never figure out what went wrong. He left the shade of the tree to sit next to his friend. They and Daichi had started onmyodo school together twelve years ago, had spent nearly every waking minute together since then. Now they were a triangle with a missing point, no shape at all. Even Gakuto felt lost to him somehow.

      Every dead onmyoji increases the spirit's power, Kenji said. I fear the wards will fail soon. It will escape the princess's rooms and take the palace.

      "The imperial architect has been to

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