“I’ve been calling The Night Parade of 100 Demons a supernatural investigation adventure with a side plot of romance – which I fear makes it sound like I chucked everything plus the kitchen sink in there, but I swear it doesn’t read like that.”
– Paul Semel, Interview with Marie Brennan, author of The Night Parade of 100 Demons

“‘The Night Parade of a Hundred Demons’ (Hyakki Yagyou) is a concept out of Japanese folklore, and to my surprise, it’s never been used before in Legend of the Five Rings. (Many of the writers for L5R have been thoroughgoing nerds, so there are a lot of references to real things from Japanese history.) I was dying to write something about it.”
– Track of Words, Interview with Marie Brennan, author of The Night Parade of 100 Demons

Marie Brennan, Super Nerd and “Avenger” of Aconyte Books with Court Games podcast,

“I also really enjoyed the chance to explore everyday life more than the usual game fictions allow for: those focus on samurai drama, since that’s the core of the game, but in the novel my two protagonists are the only samurai present for most of the novel.”
– Imperial Advisor, Cover reveal and interview with Marie Brennan, author of The Night Parade of 100 Demons