In VINTAGE ROB, Robert Pirone photographs A-list actor Brian Keating cavorting with girls in a Tokyo hotel room.In LOUD, the actor's father figure and fixer, Mr. Young, sets out to protect "his boy" when Rob hints that the photographs are incriminating. Mr. Young threatens the only thing that seems to matter to Robert Pirone: his estranged daughter Makiko.#1 cross-cultural (Nov. 4, 2024)#2 nonviolent (Nov. 27, 2024)#3 buddhism (Jan. 13, 2025)…
After Robert Pirone photographs A-list actor Brian Keating cavorting with girls in a Tokyo hotel room, the actor's fixer / father figure, Mr. Young, sets out to protect "his boy". He threatens the only thing that seems to matter to Robert Pirone: his estranged daughter Makiko.But most of that is shown in LOUD (Or read it from Makiko's point of view in QUIET).In VINTAGE ROB, Robert Pirone attempts to meet Makiko, but he is too busy trying to make-up for screw-ups in the past to notice his screw-ups in the present.Notable Rankings:#1 in Nonviolence (Jan. 11, 2025)#1 in Somerville (Nov. 27, 2024)#3 in Buddhism (July 20, 2023)#9 in Boston (Nov. 15, 2023)…
After a near death experience, 16-year old Makiko Lombardi's celebrity father comes to Tokyo, but Makiko hasn't met him for almost seven years. To please her mother, Makiko refuses to see him.Ashamed about not speaking her mind, Makiko admires Cynthia, an old friend who helps teenage runaways exploited by Yakuza gangsters. When Yakuza follow them, both girls assume Cynthia's in danger, but someone powerful has a problem with Makiko's father and sees Makiko as a pawn.Meanwhile, neither girl believes rumors that a demon stalks and kills runaways. Until something sinister kills Yakuza outside Makiko's house, and a survivor warns her that the demon "likes" her.***A first boyfriend.Yakuza with unknown plans.A killer demon who "likes" her.What's a quiet girl to do?Added to @AmbassadorsJP 's Kowai: Eerie Reads list - Sept. 2023Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered Plain Janes? Not These Ladies - May 2022Added to @Paranormal 's Paranormal Paramours list - April 2022Notable Rankings:#1 meet-cute (March 14, 2022)#4 yakuza (July 14, 2022)…