Bali, Indonesia-When an enormous python terrorises a seaside resort, only one man has the ability and business acumen to turn the problem into a tasty success.

Simon Rowe grew up in small town New Zealand and big city Australia when orange Fanta came in glass bottles and AM radio was king. He now writes and teaches in the samurai castle town of Himeji in western Honshu. His stories have appeared in TIME Asia, the New York Times, the Weekend Australian, the South China Morning Post and the Paris Review.