Brian Wood-Koiwa
@woodkoiwa.bsky.social
Tokyo based dark fantasy novelist and editor. Co-founder of Urban Writing Haus https://urbanweird.com/studios.
Story Kraken Author Coaching: https://bwkeditorial.com/story-kraken
Serial novel newsletter: https://urbanweirdchronicles.substack.com
Story Kraken Author Coaching: https://bwkeditorial.com/story-kraken
Serial novel newsletter: https://urbanweirdchronicles.substack.com
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Brian Wood-Koiwa
@woodkoiwa.bsky.social
· Jul 16
If you are a speculative fiction writer feeling some kind of way about your writing project, give Story Kraken a try with a free 20-30-min discovery call. For more info and book a discover call: bwkeditorial.com/story-kraken #bookcoach #writingcommunity #writesky #weirdfiction #specfic #storykraken
In Tokyo this weekend? Come and get your creative creep on at Urban Writing Haus creative writing studio "The Terror & The Horror" this Sunday 11th Oct. from 14:00-16:00. For more info and book a space: urbanweird.com/studios #tokyoevents #tokyowriters #creativewriting #writingcommunity
October 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
In Tokyo this weekend? Come and get your creative creep on at Urban Writing Haus creative writing studio "The Terror & The Horror" this Sunday 11th Oct. from 14:00-16:00. For more info and book a space: urbanweird.com/studios #tokyoevents #tokyowriters #creativewriting #writingcommunity
“I believe in doing what I like. I set about selling it afterwards.” — Mervyn Peake
I am currently looking for one more free coaching client to help me practice and receive testimonials. Feel free to message me through here at bwkeditorial.com/story-kraken #bookcoaching #writingcommunity
I am currently looking for one more free coaching client to help me practice and receive testimonials. Feel free to message me through here at bwkeditorial.com/story-kraken #bookcoaching #writingcommunity
Story Kraken Book Coaching — BWK Editorial Services
Story Kraken Book Coaching by Brian Wood-Koiwa focusing on speculative fiction, dark fantasy, grimdark, weird fiction, queer speculative fiction
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October 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
“I believe in doing what I like. I set about selling it afterwards.” — Mervyn Peake
I am currently looking for one more free coaching client to help me practice and receive testimonials. Feel free to message me through here at bwkeditorial.com/story-kraken #bookcoaching #writingcommunity
I am currently looking for one more free coaching client to help me practice and receive testimonials. Feel free to message me through here at bwkeditorial.com/story-kraken #bookcoaching #writingcommunity
If you live or are visiting Tokyo this weekend and need a creative outlet, why not book a space for this Sunday’s Urban Writing Haus creative writing studio “The Terror & The Horror”? For info and book a space: urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingcommunity #tokyoevents #tokyowriters
October 4, 2026 at 11:20 PM
If you live or are visiting Tokyo this weekend and need a creative outlet, why not book a space for this Sunday’s Urban Writing Haus creative writing studio “The Terror & The Horror”? For info and book a space: urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingcommunity #tokyoevents #tokyowriters
Last Saturday was our Urban Writing Haus creative writing studio's "Erased & Rewritten: The Palimpsest City". Here is one of the prompts from that studio. For more information about our studios: urbanweird.com/studios. October's studios will be revealed soon! #creativewriting #writingcommunity
September 22, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Last Saturday was our Urban Writing Haus creative writing studio's "Erased & Rewritten: The Palimpsest City". Here is one of the prompts from that studio. For more information about our studios: urbanweird.com/studios. October's studios will be revealed soon! #creativewriting #writingcommunity
Schubert muzzle deep in Proust.
September 21, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Schubert muzzle deep in Proust.
Tokyo writers and other creatives! Join "Erased & Rewritten: The Palimpsest City" an Urban Writing Haus creative writing studio this Saturday from 14:00-16:00 near Takadanobaba. For details and book a space: urbanweird.com/studios. #tokyoevents #creativewriting #writingcommunity #tokyoworkshops
September 16, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Tokyo writers and other creatives! Join "Erased & Rewritten: The Palimpsest City" an Urban Writing Haus creative writing studio this Saturday from 14:00-16:00 near Takadanobaba. For details and book a space: urbanweird.com/studios. #tokyoevents #creativewriting #writingcommunity #tokyoworkshops
In Tokyo in September? Urban Writing Haus in-Tokyo studios for September are available! For details and book a space: urbanweird.com/studios #tokyowriters #tokyoevents #writingworkshops #creativewriting #writingcommunity #tokyoworkshops
September 3, 2026 at 10:30 AM
In Tokyo in September? Urban Writing Haus in-Tokyo studios for September are available! For details and book a space: urbanweird.com/studios #tokyowriters #tokyoevents #writingworkshops #creativewriting #writingcommunity #tokyoworkshops
Many stories quietly assume the city/world/universe is paying attention. During "The Indifferent City" this Sat. 29th Aug, we will write as if it isn't and how that would feel. To book a space: urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingworkshops #writingcommunity
August 27, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Many stories quietly assume the city/world/universe is paying attention. During "The Indifferent City" this Sat. 29th Aug, we will write as if it isn't and how that would feel. To book a space: urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingworkshops #writingcommunity
Decided to go and begin writing an essay for next week’s newsletter to a park nearby. It has a nice shaded gully section. Unfortunately, fogot to spray bug repellent, and 15 Minutes later had to leave. I was a feast. #writing #writingcommunity #tokyo
August 20, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Decided to go and begin writing an essay for next week’s newsletter to a park nearby. It has a nice shaded gully section. Unfortunately, fogot to spray bug repellent, and 15 Minutes later had to leave. I was a feast. #writing #writingcommunity #tokyo
An interview of me by my partner in Urban Writing Haus creative writing studios #creativewriting #writingworkshops #writingcommunity joyouswaller.substack.com/p/my-tete-a-...
My Tête-à-Tête with Urban Writing Haus co-founder Brian Wood-Koiwa
I recently sat down with Brian Wood-Koiwa, co-founder of Urban Writing Haus and my partner in various literary crimes, to chat about what makes his writerly brain tick and how community arises from cr...
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August 12, 2026 at 1:55 AM
An interview of me by my partner in Urban Writing Haus creative writing studios #creativewriting #writingworkshops #writingcommunity joyouswaller.substack.com/p/my-tete-a-...
I interviewed my partner in Urban Writing Haus creative writing studios, Joy Waller. Have a read: urbanweirdchronicles.substack.com/p/uwh-interv... #creativewriting #writingcommunity #tokyowriters #writesky #writingworkshops
Interview with Urban Writing Haus Co-founder Joy Waller
This is a bit different from my usual newsletter.
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August 7, 2026 at 1:21 PM
I interviewed my partner in Urban Writing Haus creative writing studios, Joy Waller. Have a read: urbanweirdchronicles.substack.com/p/uwh-interv... #creativewriting #writingcommunity #tokyowriters #writesky #writingworkshops
I ended up creating my own - UrbanWeird #creativewriting #urbanwritinghaus #writingcommunity #genres #subgenres #writingworkshops urbanweird.com/studios
August 5, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I ended up creating my own - UrbanWeird #creativewriting #urbanwritinghaus #writingcommunity #genres #subgenres #writingworkshops urbanweird.com/studios
August is here and two more Urban Writing Haus creative writing studios await: Museum of Lost Things and The Indifferent City. Both Online! For details on each and book a space: urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingworkshops #writingcommunity
July 31, 2026 at 10:30 PM
August is here and two more Urban Writing Haus creative writing studios await: Museum of Lost Things and The Indifferent City. Both Online! For details on each and book a space: urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingworkshops #writingcommunity
The quiet celebration in the inner intimacy of words combined. I imagine Proust in his bed playing matchmaker, scribbling down carefully chosen words to place next to each other or gathering whole paragraph populations to conjure grand orgiastic sentences. #creativewriting #proust #writingcommunity
July 29, 2026 at 10:39 PM
The quiet celebration in the inner intimacy of words combined. I imagine Proust in his bed playing matchmaker, scribbling down carefully chosen words to place next to each other or gathering whole paragraph populations to conjure grand orgiastic sentences. #creativewriting #proust #writingcommunity
What's behind that strange door you pass every day? Do you ever ask yourself, "that wasn't there yesterday, was it?" Join Urban Writing Haus creative writing studio "Penning the Unmappable". Come and stretch your reality to the limit. urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingcommunity
July 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
What's behind that strange door you pass every day? Do you ever ask yourself, "that wasn't there yesterday, was it?" Join Urban Writing Haus creative writing studio "Penning the Unmappable". Come and stretch your reality to the limit. urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingcommunity
Join this Saturday's Urban Writing Haus studio "Penning the Unmappable" and follow your creative white rabbit down into the warren of your unmappable imagination, be it whimsical or a bit darker. For info and book a space: urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingcommunity #writingworkshops
July 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Join this Saturday's Urban Writing Haus studio "Penning the Unmappable" and follow your creative white rabbit down into the warren of your unmappable imagination, be it whimsical or a bit darker. For info and book a space: urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingcommunity #writingworkshops
Two more creative writing studios left for July! This Saturday and next Saturday 25th. No need to worry about going outside in this summer heat (or stay cozy if in mid-winter). urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingworkshops #writingcommunity
July 17, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Two more creative writing studios left for July! This Saturday and next Saturday 25th. No need to worry about going outside in this summer heat (or stay cozy if in mid-winter). urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingworkshops #writingcommunity
If you are a speculative fiction writer feeling some kind of way about your writing project, give Story Kraken a try with a free 20-30-min discovery call. For more info and book a discover call: bwkeditorial.com/story-kraken #bookcoach #writingcommunity #writesky #weirdfiction #specfic #storykraken
July 16, 2026 at 11:30 AM
If you are a speculative fiction writer feeling some kind of way about your writing project, give Story Kraken a try with a free 20-30-min discovery call. For more info and book a discover call: bwkeditorial.com/story-kraken #bookcoach #writingcommunity #writesky #weirdfiction #specfic #storykraken
🌆 Flowers Wilt, Weed Thrive: caput-mortuum brutality, queered normalcy, and dreams from a city that fill the psyche with the scent of petrichor and luxurious textures of ambivalent terror. #weirdfiction #specfic #serialfiction #urbanweird #darkfantasy #readsky
Welcome to Flowers Wilt, Weeds Thrive
Wander into the Scorned World of Hinodé and read the story it is dying to tell
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July 10, 2026 at 12:45 AM
🌆 Flowers Wilt, Weed Thrive: caput-mortuum brutality, queered normalcy, and dreams from a city that fill the psyche with the scent of petrichor and luxurious textures of ambivalent terror. #weirdfiction #specfic #serialfiction #urbanweird #darkfantasy #readsky
Feel free to contact me for a discovery session: bwkeditorial.com/author-coaching #bookcoach #authorcoach #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #darkfantasy #specfic
July 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Feel free to contact me for a discovery session: bwkeditorial.com/author-coaching #bookcoach #authorcoach #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #darkfantasy #specfic
I think we city denizens have had this relationship at some point with our cities. urbanweirdchronicles.substack.com #cities #weirdfiction #darkfantasy #urbanweird #serialfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
July 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I think we city denizens have had this relationship at some point with our cities. urbanweirdchronicles.substack.com #cities #weirdfiction #darkfantasy #urbanweird #serialfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
A banshee screams fuchsia, warning you of impending death. A brocade drape dyed caput mortuum leaves a taste of iron in the mouth. Join "Chromatic Writing" This Sat. and explore different ways of writing colour. urbanweird.com/studio. #creativewriting #color #writingcommunity #visualartists
July 6, 2026 at 11:15 PM
A banshee screams fuchsia, warning you of impending death. A brocade drape dyed caput mortuum leaves a taste of iron in the mouth. Join "Chromatic Writing" This Sat. and explore different ways of writing colour. urbanweird.com/studio. #creativewriting #color #writingcommunity #visualartists
Wrote this for a 5-min exercise at Urban Writing Haus creative writing studio "Emotional Cartography" yesterday. Lots of emotions charted onto our personal maps yesterday. Next Saturday is "Chromatic Writing" host by me! urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingcommunity #writingworkshops
July 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Wrote this for a 5-min exercise at Urban Writing Haus creative writing studio "Emotional Cartography" yesterday. Lots of emotions charted onto our personal maps yesterday. Next Saturday is "Chromatic Writing" host by me! urbanweird.com/studios #creativewriting #writingcommunity #writingworkshops
I love maps. Thus, I am looking forward to our Urban Writing Haus ONLINE creative writing studio "Emotional Cartography". For info and book: urbanweird.com/studios There are more online studios later next month as well. #creativewriting #maps #writingcommunity #writingworkshops
June 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM
I love maps. Thus, I am looking forward to our Urban Writing Haus ONLINE creative writing studio "Emotional Cartography". For info and book: urbanweird.com/studios There are more online studios later next month as well. #creativewriting #maps #writingcommunity #writingworkshops
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June 25, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Free to read and subscribe. urbanweirdchronicles.substack.com #weirdfiction #darkfantasy #serialfiction #urbanweird #readsky