Words have power.

A robot is sent to deal with an outbreak of poetry in Tokyo.

Aidan Doyle is an Australian writer and computer programmer. He previously worked for Australia’s largest computer games company. His game Bolivia By Night was nominated for two XYZZY awards, and his stories have appeared in Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and Fireside. You can follow him on Twitter @aidan_doyle.

Kotodama was written in Twine (originally developed by Chris Klimas)

The title header is written in the KF Himaji font, created by KF Studio.