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Cursed Thing

by Nashi ...

Translated by Jim Rion ...

I pray with all my heart that all you readers keep her in your thoughts...Forum posts. Creepypastas. Mysterious email chains. Tampered audio. And, littered across the city, distorted images of a young woman's face.When I first began my research, these materials seemed unconnected. But, as coincidences turned into patterns, it started to click: everything is linked. And everything is terribly wrong ... Read more

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I pray with all my heart that all you readers keep her in your thoughts...Forum posts. Creepypastas. Mysterious email chains. Tampered audio. And, littered across the city, distorted images of a young woman's face.When I first began my research, these materials seemed unconnected. But, as coincidences turned into patterns, it started to click: everything is linked. And everything is terribly wrong
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Six: Paths of Horror

by Nashi ...

A must read for fans of Uketsu (Strange Pictures) and Sesuji (About a Place in the Kinki Region), an unnerving collection of six short stories that unsettle you in face of death. Placed 11th in the “Kono Horror ga Sugoi!” list in Japanese literature in 2024.“I’m just scared... of falling into hell.”A peculiar roof-top amusement park. A stone monument by the mountain road. A 23 minute and 45 second ... Read more

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A must read for fans of Uketsu (Strange Pictures) and Sesuji (About a Place in the Kinki Region), an unnerving collection of six short stories that unsettle you in face of death. Placed 11th in the “Kono Horror ga Sugoi!” list in Japanese literature in 2024.“I’m just scared... of falling into hell.”A peculiar roof-top amusement park. A stone monument by the mountain road. A 23 minute and 45 second
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Sleep Over

An Oral History of the Apocalypse

by H. G. Bells ...

For fans of the oral history genre phenomenon World War Z, an inventive new spin on the apocalypse featuring a worldwide plague of insomnia.Remember what it’s like to go an entire night without sleep?What if sleep didn’t come the following night? Or the night after? What might happen if you, your friends, your family, your coworkers, and the strangers you pass on the street, all slowly began to ... Read more

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For fans of the oral history genre phenomenon World War Z, an inventive new spin on the apocalypse featuring a worldwide plague of insomnia.Remember what it’s like to go an entire night without sleep?What if sleep didn’t come the following night? Or the night after? What might happen if you, your friends, your family, your coworkers, and the strangers you pass on the street, all slowly began to
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My Life After Death

A Memoir from Heaven

by Erik Medhus, Elisa Medhus M.D., M.D. ...

In this follow-up to Elisa Medhus’s novel My Son and the Afterlife, Elisa’s son Erik tells his astonishing story directly from the afterlife, describing in detail his death, transition, and spiritual renewal.My Life After Death begins on the tragic day when Erik Medhus took his own life. What follows is a moment-by-moment account of the spiritual life he discovers on the other side—told in his own ... Read more

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In this follow-up to Elisa Medhus’s novel My Son and the Afterlife, Elisa’s son Erik tells his astonishing story directly from the afterlife, describing in detail his death, transition, and spiritual renewal.My Life After Death begins on the tragic day when Erik Medhus took his own life. What follows is a moment-by-moment account of the spiritual life he discovers on the other side—told in his own
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Yakuza Moon

Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter

by Shoko Tendo ...

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Yakuza Moon is the shocking, yet intensely moving memoir of 37-yearold Shoko Tendo, who grew up the daughter of a yakuza boss. Tendo lived her life in luxury until the age of six, when her father was sent to prison, and her family fell into terrible debt. Bullied by classmates who called her "the yakuza girl," and terrorized at home by a father who became a drunken, violent monster after his ... Read more

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Yakuza Moon is the shocking, yet intensely moving memoir of 37-yearold Shoko Tendo, who grew up the daughter of a yakuza boss. Tendo lived her life in luxury until the age of six, when her father was sent to prison, and her family fell into terrible debt. Bullied by classmates who called her "the yakuza girl," and terrorized at home by a father who became a drunken, violent monster after his
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Goth

by Otsuichi ...

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Morino is the strangest girl in school—how could she not be, given her obsession with brutal murders? And there are plenty of murders to grow obsessed with, as the town in which she lives is a magnet for serial killers. She and her schoolmate will go to any length to investigate the murders, even putting their own bodies on the line. And they don’t want to stop the killers—Morino and her friend ... Read more

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Morino is the strangest girl in school—how could she not be, given her obsession with brutal murders? And there are plenty of murders to grow obsessed with, as the town in which she lives is a magnet for serial killers. She and her schoolmate will go to any length to investigate the murders, even putting their own bodies on the line. And they don’t want to stop the killers—Morino and her friend
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Series series Ring (Hardcover)
Twenty-one years after the legendary bestseller Ring, which spawned blockbuster films on both sides of the Pacific, and thirteen years after Birthday, the seeming last word on iconic villain Sadako and her containment, internationally acclaimed master of horror and Shirley Jackson Award-winner Koji Suzuki makes his much-awaited return to the famed trilogy’s mind-blowing story world with a new ... Read more

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Twenty-one years after the legendary bestseller Ring, which spawned blockbuster films on both sides of the Pacific, and thirteen years after Birthday, the seeming last word on iconic villain Sadako and her containment, internationally acclaimed master of horror and Shirley Jackson Award-winner Koji Suzuki makes his much-awaited return to the famed trilogy’s mind-blowing story world with a new
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Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture, Vol. 1 (light novel)

Folklore Studies

by Mikage Sawamura ...

Translated by Nic Smith ...

Series Book 1 - Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture (light novel)
TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION...Naoya Fukamachi is a university student whose ability to infallibly detect lies has left him friendless and isolated. When he writes a paper about a strange festival he wandered into as a child, though, he catches the fancy of his folklore studies professor, Akira Takatsuki, a handsome and eccentric man with a passion for all things mysterious. Soon, Naoya finds ... Read more

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TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION...Naoya Fukamachi is a university student whose ability to infallibly detect lies has left him friendless and isolated. When he writes a paper about a strange festival he wandered into as a child, though, he catches the fancy of his folklore studies professor, Akira Takatsuki, a handsome and eccentric man with a passion for all things mysterious. Soon, Naoya finds
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The Gun

by Fuminori Nakamura ...

Translated by Allison Markin Powell ...

A Tokyo college student’s discovery and eventual obsession with a stolen handgun awakens something dark inside him.On a nighttime walk along a Tokyo riverbank, a young man named Nishikawa stumbles on a dead body, beside which lies a gun. From the moment Nishikawa decides to take the gun, the world around him blurs. Knowing he possesses the weapon brings an intoxicating sense of purpose to his dull ... Read more

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A Tokyo college student’s discovery and eventual obsession with a stolen handgun awakens something dark inside him.On a nighttime walk along a Tokyo riverbank, a young man named Nishikawa stumbles on a dead body, beside which lies a gun. From the moment Nishikawa decides to take the gun, the world around him blurs. Knowing he possesses the weapon brings an intoxicating sense of purpose to his dull
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Idol, Burning

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by Rin Usami ...

Translated by Asa Yoneda ...

"Akari’s obsession is fatalistic and intense, and Usami’s prose (translated by Asa Yoneda) renders it and the hold it has on her tenuous life ably and affectingly. . . . it will especially resonate with readers familiar with real-life superfandoms such as One Direction’s at the height of its fame, down to details such as sought-after exclusive merch and hateful online comments sections. A short, ... Read more

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"Akari’s obsession is fatalistic and intense, and Usami’s prose (translated by Asa Yoneda) renders it and the hold it has on her tenuous life ably and affectingly. . . . it will especially resonate with readers familiar with real-life superfandoms such as One Direction’s at the height of its fame, down to details such as sought-after exclusive merch and hateful online comments sections. A short,
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A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 12 (light novel)

by Kazuma Kamachi ...

Translated by Alice Prowse ...

Series series A Certain Magical Index (light novel)
Though he gave his all during the festival to save Academy City, Touma still spectacularly lost his bet with Mikoto. Now he's a slave to her every order until she's completely satisfied! But that's the least of his worries--a jealous Kuroko just might kill him, Little Misaka is about to explode, Index is nowhere to be found, and then there's this girl who seems totally lost... Meanwhile, ... Read more

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Though he gave his all during the festival to save Academy City, Touma still spectacularly lost his bet with Mikoto. Now he's a slave to her every order until she's completely satisfied! But that's the least of his worries--a jealous Kuroko just might kill him, Little Misaka is about to explode, Index is nowhere to be found, and then there's this girl who seems totally lost... Meanwhile,
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The Contract Between a Specter and a Servant, Vol. 1 (light novel)

by Michiru Fushino ...

Translated by Eriko Sugita ...

Series Book 1 - The Contract Between a Specter and a Servant (light novel)
The worst—and last—day of his life!Masamichi Adachi left his hometown in the country to study agriculture at university. He prepared diligently for the exam, got his own apartment, and landed a part-time job to pay rent and support himself. He’s doing everything right, so why is it all going horribly wrong?! He’s failed the entrance exam twice, lost his job, and to top it all off, a hit-and-run ... Read more

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The worst—and last—day of his life!Masamichi Adachi left his hometown in the country to study agriculture at university. He prepared diligently for the exam, got his own apartment, and landed a part-time job to pay rent and support himself. He’s doing everything right, so why is it all going horribly wrong?! He’s failed the entrance exam twice, lost his job, and to top it all off, a hit-and-run
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