The Boy Who Collects The Stars

Ben, a biology professor, hears about a mysterious and supposedly six-legged deer residing in the remote mountains of Sweden from an acquaintance. Setting out on a journey to parse fact from fiction, Ben soon meets a boy who says he is collecting the stars...

Note: Award-winning entry in the Afternoon Magazine Shiki-sho contest in Summer 2022. Published in good! Afternoon magazine 2022 no. 9.