Half of Me Was Holly's Dead Son
by Dean Whitaker
Chapters 1–16 free
Synopsis
Josuke has no past — only the name a wealthy fruit-growing family gave him and a body that does things a body should not. When Hato brings her boyfriend home for the first time, the housekeeper finds wet handprints on the walls, and every surface in the house begins to soften. The man in the tracksuit has three questions, a folded thousand-yen note, and no intention of leaving anyone in the house alive. To answer him, Josuke has to learn who he was before he washed up on that shore — and what the family's orchard is really growing.
Chapters 18
- 1A Guest in a Tracksuit
- 2The Container Full of Rocks
- 3The Last Box of Eye Drops
- 4A Folded Thousand-Yen Note
- 5The Second Fruit on the Graft
- 6Footsteps on the Roof
- 7The Idol Merchandise Table
- 8Serial Number 13R
- 9The Woman on the Couch
- 10Footage at Four Oh Eight
- 11The Boy at the Bus Stop
- 12The Tooth and the Soil
- 13Behind the Lavatory Door
- 14The Scouting Trip
- 15Romanoff Cream at Altitude
- 16Rooms Inside the Chairlift
- 17A Fork and a Bowstring🔒
- 18A House of Toy Bricks🔒