Review in Hand+Star magazine

I stumbled upon a review of Obakarama and Coin Opera, two small anthologies by Sidekick Books, at Hand+Star magazine.  I have a poem, ‘Kappa’, in Obakarama, so was excited to see it mentioned in John Challis’ review:

‘This is a book of pseudo Japanese fairy tales, illustrated by abbreviated Manga and Chinese dragons, whilst filled with the omnipresent panic of a childhood persistence that there is a creature under the bed.  Aiko Harman tells of the Japanese bogeyman in Kappa, the creatures lurking in the water:

     I believed you
     the day you cried until the moon grew
     out of the sea like a white bowl, and you told me
     a kappa ate my father.

It’s a challenge to unravel the monster behind the picture and poem in Obakarama…’

Excellent!  Get copies of Obakarama and Coin Opera at Sidekick Books, here: http://drfulminare.com/publications.html