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Thievery: Peach Cigarettes in Tokyo
6th Jul 2010 in Thievery, Writing
Thievery is a series of blog posts about my story inspirations.
The Story:
‘Peach Cigarettes in Tokyo’, published in Pear Noir! #4.
An extract:
“The first time I ever smoked a peach cigarette, I was wearing a dinosaur suit and sitting on my friend’s balcony in a Tokyo suburb. My friend had a dinosaur suit because he’d gone to a fancy dress party the week before, and I was wearing it because I was cold and it was made of fleece. I’d never been much of a smoker, but the vending machine sold dozens of different flavours and what was the point of traveling halfway around the world if I wasn’t going to try new things?”
The Inspiration:
![4402_100240331340_645876340_3130359_3354557_n 4402_100240331340_645876340_3130359_3354557_n](http://kirstylogan.com/website/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/4402_100240331340_645876340_3130359_3354557_n-150x150.jpg)
![4402_100242866340_645876340_3130435_5726475_n 4402_100242866340_645876340_3130435_5726475_n](http://kirstylogan.com/website/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/4402_100242866340_645876340_3130435_5726475_n-150x150.jpg)
![4402_100250426340_645876340_3130783_7495874_n 4402_100250426340_645876340_3130783_7495874_n](http://kirstylogan.com/website/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/4402_100250426340_645876340_3130783_7495874_n-150x150.jpg)
![4402_100240356340_645876340_3130363_5076248_n 4402_100240356340_645876340_3130363_5076248_n](http://kirstylogan.com/website/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/4402_100240356340_645876340_3130363_5076248_n-150x150.jpg)
![4402_100250611340_645876340_3130808_2463413_n 4402_100250611340_645876340_3130808_2463413_n](http://kirstylogan.com/website/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/4402_100250611340_645876340_3130808_2463413_n-150x150.jpg)
![4402_100250621340_645876340_3130809_5046916_n 4402_100250621340_645876340_3130809_5046916_n](http://kirstylogan.com/website/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/4402_100250621340_645876340_3130809_5046916_n-150x150.jpg)
![4402_100250666340_645876340_3130813_4141784_n 4402_100250666340_645876340_3130813_4141784_n](http://kirstylogan.com/website/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/4402_100250666340_645876340_3130813_4141784_n-150x150.jpg)
![4402_100242901340_645876340_3130442_2163210_n 4402_100242901340_645876340_3130442_2163210_n](http://kirstylogan.com/website/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/4402_100242901340_645876340_3130442_2163210_n-150x150.jpg)
![4402_100250716340_645876340_3130821_8064743_n 4402_100250716340_645876340_3130821_8064743_n](http://kirstylogan.com/website/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/4402_100250716340_645876340_3130821_8064743_n-150x150.jpg)
(Note: the third part of this story previously appeared in a slightly different form as my Darling Wigleaf letter. Which proves nothing except that I rip myself off.)