Speculative Japan 4: "Pearls for Mia" and Other Tales
| First published | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Series | Speculative Japan #4 |
| Publisher | Kurodahan Press |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Type | Anthology |
| Catalog ID | FG-JP0051L |
| Cover art | Naoyuki Katō |
| Pages | vii+271 |
| Price | $18.00 |
| ISBN | 9784902075847 |
- Publication date from publisher's website. PoD edition from barcode on final page, also no cover price.
- Page numbering begins with 8 immediately after page vii.
- Each story is preceded by a brief author biography. Contents page gives page numbers for the author biographies, not the stories which appear one page after in each case.
- The cover artist's name is given as "Naoyuki Kato" on the back of the book, as "Naoyuki Katoh" on the copyright page and as "Katō Naoyuki" on the website (the first is used here).
- Cover price not explicitly stated but derived from "51800" alongside the barcode.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Genesis: Dark Birth—Shining Death | Asamatsu Ken | Short Fiction |
| 17 | Prototype No. 3 | Kobayashi Yasumi | Short Fiction |
| 37 | Nightfall | Suzuki Miekichi | Short Fiction |
| 41 | Pearls for Mia | Kajio Shinji | Short Story |
| 59 | Dancing Babylon | Makino Osamu | Short Fiction |
| 95 | Last Words | Inoue Masahiko | Short Fiction |
| 99 | The Burning House | Tsukimura Ryōe | Short Fiction |
| 119 | Vermilion | Ueda Sayuri | Novelette |
| 141 | Morceaux | Minagawa Hiroko | Short Fiction |
| 145 | Encounters on the Solar Wind | Hori Akira | Short Fiction |
| 169 | The Ebb and Flow of the Aurora Sea | Mase Junko | Short Fiction |
| 185 | The Sparrow Valley | Hanmura Ryō | Short Fiction |
| 191 | Matsui Seimon on the Case | Yamada Masaki | Short Fiction |
| 215 | The Fish in Chryse | Azuma Hiroki | Novella |
| 259 | Communion | Takahashi Takako | Short Fiction |
| vii | Preface (Speculative Japan 4) | Edward Lipsett | Essay |