The world of Velveteen & Mandara is a dystopia. Tokyo where the youth used to waste their time search for answers, is now barren. For a pair of teens who still live along the outskirts of town, Velveteen and...

Protagonists Ren and Rai fell prey to the Diabolo in an attempt to save the soul of Ren's cousin, 7-year-old Mio. Although they fail in their attempt, they were 'rewarded' with powers they would each gladly...

You awaken in a decrepit old mansion. A woman with eyes of jade stands before You, informing You that You are the Master of the house, and she Your Maid. However, You have no memories, no concept of self—or...

Three-time Eisner Award winner Junji Ito presents brand-new nightmares! What destiny awaits them after the screaming? After abruptly departing from a train in a small town, a couple encounters a “weeping woman”...

A collection of stories: 01. Blood Slurping Darkness(Chi o Susuru Yami, 血をすする闇) The Ghosts of Golden Time(Golden Time no Yuurei, ゴールデンタイムの幽霊)Roar of Ages(Gōon, 轟音)Glyceride(グリセリド)The Earthbound(Jibakusha, 地縛者...

Yumiko Kawahara's disturbing short stories explore the strange and codependent world of dolls and the people who own them. These cautionary tales must come from some desire to teach people a lesson, for in each...

Ha-im Yun lives in a world where people register their DNA into cloning databases, a world where human suffering has basically been eradicated. The brilliant mind behind this cloning technology is none other...

A smoke-filled alley in Chinatown harbors Count D's Pet Shop. The pets sold here aren't your everyday variety and the Count prides himself on selling Love and Dreams in the form of magical creatures that come...

"There is a legend that tells Reynaud Manor is haunted by the apparition of a lady in a wedding gown, seen from time to time reflected in the mirrors. But as its inhabitants are found dead under strange...

The Soichi Front For 10 years, a woman named Michina Hirose has been looking for any shred of evidence that could lead her to the missing Tsujii family. While in a certain town, she sees children acting...

Simon, once brilliant law student at the prestigious Haversford Campus, now finds himself council for those in need of representation against the occult. It's the age old Faustian tale, but this time, Faust has...

From Tapas: Every woman has inside her a pain--and a power. It is the darkness that resides in the deepest recesses of her worst memories. It is the drunken father that stabbed through her mother’s locked door....

Lim Takhee is a court lady who has remained by the crown prince’s side through sleepless nights since they were children. As time passes, familiarity turns into affection, and the two are now more intimate than...

Voices in the Dark is a collection of horror shorts from Junji Ito, published in 2003. The stories themselves were previously published in bimonthly serials in magazines from Asahi Sonorama. Story 1: Blood...