Originally from the UK, Simon traveled to Asia and forgot to go back.
Heavily influenced by his time in China and Thailand, Simon's stories usually feature kooky Asian girls and ghosts with very long hair. Simon has released several short stories, a novella called 'End Credits' and a novel with the rather wonderful title of 'Yuko Zen Is Somewhere Else'. When not writing, Simon listens to post and prog rock at a very loud volume.
He also likes to play air-guitar.
Readers can learn more about SPW on his website, quirkyfiction.com He can also be found lurking on Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6586179.Simon_Paul_Wilson
In 2055, Tokyo was lost. Now, it is a city of ghosts. My name is Kichi, I live in Osaka Sector. I love hearing ghost stories. This is mine...
‘GhostCityGirl’ is set in Japan in the year 2155, a hundred years after Tokyo was devastated by a ghostquake. The story is from the viewpoint of a young girl called Kichi, and tells of how she gets involved with conspiracies, ancient rituals and the end of the world.
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My name is Yuko Zen and I am somewhere else ...
After a strange encounter with a beautiful girl in a Chinese take-away, Chris Winter discovers she's left her journal behind. He only opens it to search for her contact details, but he's quickly pulled into her mysterious world – a nameless Asian city filled with tales of Buddhist dogs, hedgehogs and yogurt pots, and a magical girl named Pixie.
When Chris is totally hooked, Yuko's journal takes an unexpected turn. It starts to talk to him ...
Magical (sur)realism for Young Adults of all ages, editors at Harper Collins have likened YUKO ZEN to works by Audrey Niffenegger and Haruki Murakami.