Zane Ishii

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“I didn't pull the plug on Mum. I just.” by Zane Ishii

Submitted to Contest #95

“...so please turn on the activate button, Steffanie.” read the last sentence of the will.I looked at Mum.Although I thought I had got used to it, it was still difficult to actually acknowledge the vast instruments and various medications needed to keep Mum alive.She was propped up on her bed facing the window.Her fixed and wide gaze straight ahead had been the same for the last 3 months. She wouldn't, or couldn't, recognize me, even when I stepped into her line of sight.I preferred to stay on the outskirts of her room now, where I could pre...

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“The week before and the decade after Spring Dance” by Zane Ishii

Submitted to Contest #93

The day Li had ‘gone wild’ was the day right before spring dance. C remembered it well. The last party she’d ever been to still played in her mind from day to day, even though it had been just over ten years ago. C and Li had been planning to go, for once. They’d bought dresses together, knee-length blues and greys that floated and unfurled at the slightest movement. The dances before that they’d attended in jeans and hoodies, doing their best to blend into the walls together with the other half of their class. It wasn’t as though the ...

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“My first AI Matchmaking Party” by Zane Ishii

Submitted to Contest #93

“Well, here we are...” I think as I drop my bag on the sofa and throw out my jet-lagged body onto the bed. It’s too plush, probably bad for my back, I think as I lay across the bed with my arm across my eyes for a second. I think I watched too many movies during the flight.Okay, so I am not in a position to complain. Just been through 4 years of college, and while my family is not loaded, its well-off, and I am promised a job at my father’s company. So why did I make that silly promise with my parents when I got into college?That is, to agre...

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Author bio

Mid 40s, casual writer based in Tokyo. Dig SFI stories. Writing is only a recent pastime that I have taken up. Still a toddler in this arena. Will have to do some exploring to enjoy the community!