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Karel and Dan, former American football teammates and now graduate students, meet fellow graduate students Kristie and Bobbie, and the four form a steady study group.

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Friday, September 27, 2019

Backup: Sudden Roommate (Title/TOC)


Backup of https://joelrees-novels.blogspot.com/2019/09/sudden-roommate-titletoc.html.

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When a dangerous old childhood friend wants you to take good care of a special package for him, what do you do?

Sudden Roommate

Joel Rees
Amagasaki, Japan
Copyright 2019, Joel Matthew Rees


Content warnings:
Edge philosophy, power abuse;
some chapters contain date violence, nudity, questionable education techniques, possible child abuse, and/or inconvenient biological functions generally considered not appropriate for general conversation.


Cultural notes: 

This is an exercise in speculative fiction -- a thought experiment. Various cultural elements may appear to be borrowed from Japanese culture, but all names, places, events, laws. and cultural elements are fiction, and are not intended to represent actual people, places, events, law, or cultural elements. 

In particular, note that current Japanese law allows adults to get married without parental/guardian permission, allows minor men to get married with parental/guardian permission at 18, allows minor women to get married with parental/guardian permission at 16, and defines the age of majority to be 20. This changes in 2022, at which time the age of majority will be reduced to 18 and parental permission apparently no longer applies. In this story, the age of majority appears to be 18, and parental permission appears to apply by age 16. So, this is not the Japan of the world you know.


  1. An Old Friend
  2. The Valuable Package 
  3. Running Mate
  4. Ambiguities, Day 2
  5. Bad Date *** content warning ***
  6. Night Horrors *** content warning *** 
  7. The Woman on the Train
  8. First Sunday *** content warning ***
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Backed up at https://joel-rees-economics.blogspot.com/2019/09/bk-sudden-roommate-titletoc.html.

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When a dangerous old friend from high school wants you to take good care of a special package for him, what do you do?

Sudden Roommate

Joel Rees
Amagasaki, Japan
Copyright 2019, Joel Matthew Rees

  1. An Old Friend
  2. The Valuable Package 
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