Short-Short Collections by Kodansha International

The Capricious Robot

Translated by Robert Matthew

Cover illustration by Miyuki Kiyomura

A Bag of Surprises

Translated by Stanleigh Jones

Cover illustration by Makoto Wada

There Was a Knock

Translated by Stanleigh Jones

Cover illustration by Miyuki Kiyomura

Inclusion in Anthologies

The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: Volume 2

Columbia University Press

Edited by J. Thomas Rimer and Van C. Gessel

“He-y, Come on Ou-t!”

The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories

Barricade Books

Edited by John L. Apostolou and Martin H. Greenberg

“He-y, Come on Ou-t!” and “Bokko-chan”

Inclusion in Textbooks

Glencoe Literature: The Reader’s Choice, Course 4, 2007

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

“He-y, Come on Ou-t!”

Elements of Literature, 2009/2011, Grade 7

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

“He-y, Come on Ou-t!”

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