Asami — Richard James

Winner of the Best of Issue in Neonbeam magazine #4, this short tale of a Japanese woman caught up in a web of reluctant assassins is now available to download.


Asami's job is simple: meet a contact at an agreed time and place then hand over a murder weapon. After that, she is free to leave. That's what everyone else does.

But Asami never leaves. She stays and watches the murder with her own eyes.

This behaviour confuses the contacts, her boss, and the messenger who delivers her assignments.

Why does she stay?

What does she hope to gain?

She asks herself the same questions until one assignment gets personal and she feels compelled to do more than just watch.