Optic Nerve #13 contains: "Go Owls" is a dark comedy about 12-step programs, drug dealing, and minor league baseball. "Translated, from the Japanese" is the diary of a young Japanese mother caught between her home country and a new, strange land, and hovering on the precipice of divorce. And "Winter, 2012", is an autobiographical glimpse into Tomine's home life and his ongoing struggles with the modern world.
