Tribute to Eugene Woodbury: Stories to Tell & Stories to Translate

As mentioned in the previous tribute post, Eugene wrote Tokyo South shortly after his return from his mission. A story connected to Tokyo South won an award; other stories were published in print magazines. Two novels, Path of Dreams and Angel Falling Softly, were published and positively reviewed.

Over ten years ago, Eugene started Peaks Island Press. Through Peaks Island Press, he published Serpent of Time and Fox & Wolf. Although Fox & Wolf was somewhat more popular (shapeshifters!), he considered Serpent of Time, with its time traveling and historical background, to be the better book. During these years, he also published works by two of his sisters.

He never ceased translating works from Japanese to English. Under various pseudonyms, he translated light novels for various publishers. In the last six years, he began publishing translations of Ranpo Edogawa's Boy Detectives Club books, starting with The Space Alien.

Most of his translations, however, he did for free. He disliked the pressure of publishing deadlines and preferred to work--and rework--his translations however many times he wished. 

His greatest translation project was Fuyumi Ono's Twelve Kingdoms. He discusses how he got started on translations, including that specific project, here: 

• How Eugene Woodbury Got Started, Part I
• How Eugene Woodbury Got Started, Part II

The downloads for the Twelve Kingdom translations will remain available indefinitely. The Edogawa translations will hopefully be made available, for free, on this blog at a later date.