Scary Story Time: "Go-Away Monkey" (Ep. 86)

<p>For the spooky month of October, I'm reading my short horror story, "Go-Away Monkey" from my collection <a href= "https://amzn.to/3aIaora" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Carp-Faced Boy and Other Tales</em></a>. It's set in an older Japan in a small village that has been ravaged by smallpox. If you remember <a href= "https://www.uncannyjapan.com/monkeys-and-monkey-lore/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 4 (Monkeys and Monkey Lore),</a> you'll understand the monkey show coming to town to drive away all the bad luck and disease. But does it work?</p> <p>Written a full five years before the pandemic, it feels quite prescient to me. What do you think?</p> <p>Visit the <a>Uncanny Japan website</a> to read <a href= "https://www.uncannyjapan.com/korori/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">the show notes and transcript</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.uncannyjapan.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Uncanny Japan</a> is author <a href= "http://www.thersamatsuura.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Thersa Matsuura</a>. Her other show is <a href= "https://www.soothingstoriespodcast.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Soothing Stories Podcast</a>. Check out her books including <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Thersa-Matsuura/e/B002CWZ73Y/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1500180689&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Carp-Faced Boy</a> on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a>.</p> <p>Buy Me a Coffee (one-time contribution): <a href= "https://buymeacoffee.com/uncannyjapan" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/uncannyjapan</a></p> <p>Join our Discord server: <a href="https://discord.gg/XdMZTzmyUb" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">https://discord.gg/XdMZTzmyUb</a></p> <p><strong>Twitter:</strong> <a href= "https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">https://twitter.com/UncannyJapa