He’s a trickster meant to enslave you by taking for himself your riches, goals and sometimes even life. There’s an evil character in Romanian folklore which needs to be avoided if he appears in your path. 'Shinigami' was the winner of both Best Gay Fantasy and Best Gay Debut in the 2018-2019 Rainbow awards.ġ of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Stay up to date with the latest releases by visiting the author’s website: 'Xia Xia Lake' is coming from Xia's wattpad account: 'xiaxiala' which after 2 beers on a late Friday night Xia had the brilliant idea to transform it in an unpronounceable pen name. Xia is a pen name coming from the Greek 'Xenia', meaning “welcoming,” “stranger,” or “guest,” and is pronounced Zia or Csia (like in Alexia), however everybody calls her Zaya. Xia currently lives in Bucharest with her husband and two giant Bucovina Shepherd Dogs. In 2017, she took two months vacation from work and with the help of Kogitsune, she dusted off her school books and began writing as a method of stress relief.This is how the Takamagahara Monogatari was born.

At twenty years old, she got hired in an IT corporation, where she spent the next decade forgetting everything she ever learned in school, including the Japanese language. She was a student at the Bucharest University of Foreign Languages, Japanese Major - English Minor, where she fell in love with Japanese History and Ancient Literature. Xia currently lives in Bucharest with her husband and two giant Bucovina Shepherd Xia Xia Lake decided a couple of years ago that she wanted to spend her free time writing stories about mythologies.

Xia Xia Lake decided a couple of years ago that she wanted to spend her free time writing stories about mythologies.

Kogitsune by Xia Xia Lake