In Mt. Hiei, Kathryn Hemmann creates a mystical tale around warrior monks, their mountain home and the Buddhist god Fudō Myō.

Mt. Hiei is read by Michael Rhys, a Tokyo based voice actor and writer and teller of short tales.

Kathryn Hemmann is a writer, translator, and comic artist who lives at the center of a maze of bookshelves in Philadelphia. Their work explores modern ruins, hidden mysteries, and the gentle horrors of everyday life. They go by @kathrynthehuman on Twitter, and they curate a small museum of monsters and flowers on their website, DigitalFantasyDiary.com.

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