This volume includes nine of Junji Ito’s best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary.Stories: Used Record (Chuuko Record, 中古レコード)Shiver (Samuke, 寒気...

Welcome to hell! A place where miserable inhabitants endure endless torment, haunted by terrifying screams and the indifferent presence of goblins. Among the suffering souls is Saito Kouta, an average ex...

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...

Awakened from their eternal slumber, ancient beings now known as vampires rise from the frozen soil, driven by human greed and madness. Now in a battle for survival, humanity turns to forbidden experiments on...

From Dark Horse: In 12th Century Japan, Lady Orin pines for her warrior lover, Nanko, who has been away in battle. Jealous of her beautiful sister, Lady Akane savagely mutilates Orin's face, beginning a spiral...

"The Survival of Humanity in a Submerged Earth" The endless monsoon began when an icy comet collided with the Moon, triggering a catastrophic flood on Earth. For 70 years, unrelenting rain fell, ultimately...

With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears? Waking up to...

A runaway werewolf, Lumine, meets a witch boy named Kody and is being hired to work as his bodyguard. Lumine, being determined to befriend Kody, tries everything to get Kody to trust him, while Kody tries to...

Eunha Cha appeared to meet her doom when she vanished inside a monster-riddled rift-but thirty years later, she emerges in an elegant black gown as the unmatched Princess of Black Flame! In September 1997, fate...

Bound by the promise of a wish granted, magical girls are charged with battling the wraiths that move unseen through the masses of Mitakihara and devour the passions of their human prey. Mami, Kyouko, and...

Ashaf: a soft-spoken man with delicate features, a coffin strapped to his back, and an entourage of black crows. Guideau: a feral, violent girl with long fangs and the eyes of a beast. This ominous pair appear...

Ever since the day Seiji climbed down a creepy dark well as a kid to retrieve a wayward ball and picked up an odd-looking pomegranate, he's had to dodge an unending stream of near-fatal “accidents” that push...

Qiao An Le was tortured and killed by the supernatural girl group KAK. By coincidence, she was transformed into a plant, changed her appearance, and became the supernatural person who controls the vines. Facing...

This is a collection of short stories that Tezuka wrote about transformation and its many forms.

Death delayed due to scheduling difficulties. Chaeyoon, once a famous hero, now lives as an unknown hunter, fulfilling the odd dying wishes of ex-colleagues before he can end his own life. Haunted by the past...

This is the story of the young magician Arami and her mother after they crash landed on a certain planet. While her father's now far away, Arami still passes her days happily with her mother and her new friends...

Qian Ye that rose because of hardship, fell in mist of a betrayal. A person wielding a gun walked in twilight of the eternal night, creating a chain of miracles. If the eternal night was his fate, then he would...

A genius talisman practitioner is reborn as a seven-year-old girl! However, her innocent appearance belies her vicious personality. In the remote countryside, the Crown Prince runs into her, beating up her...

The protagonist is a kind young man living in a remote village. In order to save his sister, Yonah, who fell terminally ill to the Black Scrawl, he sets out with Grimoire Weiss, a strange talking tome, to...

From Aerandria Scans: The beautiful singer Lucille and his orchestra invite you to the city of fear where puppets hunt down humans. The puppets are playing an oratorio of magic and illusions! Vol 5 features...

This story describes the lives of gods and monsters living together. There are two Masters and three Disciples living together on Mount Nirvana. Master Guan, who is sometimes a man and sometimes a woman; Master...

There are a lot of things that Kouki doesn't have—no hobbies, no friends, no lover, no stable job, and no will to live. So when a random tussle with some kids gets him stabbed, he thinks maybe this is finally...

“Obtaining the topmost degree of talent in sword arts in the world requires giving up 72 years of lifespan, which leaves you with only five more years of your life. At the same time, you will never be able to...

1-Star heroes are just fodder for learning a boss' attack patterns. That was Seojin Han's philosophy when playing the notoriously difficult game Pick Me Up. But after being transported into the game as one of...

'Healed Zombies' are zombies who have regained their consciousness as human beings, but their bodies are already rotting and dying. After hunting the survived humans, transplanting an intact body is the only...