Japanese Horror Fiction

In Ghostly Japan collects 12 ghostly stories from Lafcadio Hearn, deathless images of ghosts and goblins, touches of folklore and superstition, salted with traditions of the nation. While some of these stories contain nightmare imagery worthy of a midnight creature feature, others are not ghostly or ghastly at all. "Bits of Poetry" offers an engaging study on verse, and "Japanese Buddhist Proverbs" explains the meaning of several aphorisms based on Japanese cultural references.

In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help. Here are all the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore: 'rokuro-kubi', whose heads separate from their bodies at night; 'jikininki', or flesh-eating goblins; and terrifying faceless 'mujina' who haunt lonely neighbourhoods.

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

Vampires: murderous creatures in the shape of humans, they stalk the night feeding on the blood of innocents. Seemingly immortal, they can be destroyed only by the use of a stake through the heart, severing of their heads, or exposure to sunlight. By the year AD 12,090, vampires have ruled the Earth for almost 300 years, and it is only these weaknesses that have kept these foul monsters from totally overrunning the world. But what happens when those rules no longer apply?

Lydia is hungry. She's always wanted to try sashimi, ramen, onigiri with sour plum stuffed inside—the food her Japanese father liked to eat. And then there is bubble tea and the vegetables grown by the other young artists at the London studio space she is secretly squatting in. But Lydia can't eat any of this. The only thing she can digest is blood, and it turns out that sourcing fresh pigs' blood in London—where she is living away from her vampire mother for the first time—is much more difficult than she'd anticipated.

In this gloriously over-the-top tale, Aoyama, a widower who has lived alone with his son ever since his wife died seven years before, finally decides it is time to remarry. Since Aoyama is a bit rusty when it comes to dating, a filmmaker friend proposes that, in order to attract the perfect wife, they do a casting call for a movie they don't intend to produce. As the resumes pile up, only one of the applicants catches Aoyama's attention - Yamasaki Asami - a striking young former ballerina with a mysterious past. But she is a far cry from the innocent young woman he imagines her to be.

When her cozy hometown is visited by death, Emma's investigative skills are enlisted by a secretive ghost. But with the uncooperative spirit holding so much back, and with the handsome local doctor pressing Emma for answers, will she ever get to the bottom of the case? Or will the Hollow be forever haunted by the secrets of the past?

ヤクザが支配する環境犯罪に囮捜査は功を奏すのか。

Based on Japanese literature and foldlore, Kwaidan contains 17 stories. The story of Loichi, the blind biwa player who was called to perform for the dead; of Muso, the journeying priest who encountered a man eating goblin; of the samurai who outwitted the ghost of a dead man. All these plus 14 other spooly tales are included in this collection.

「知ってる？　共犯者って、この世で最も親密な関係なんだって」……裏世界の中、鳥子が出逢ったばかりの空魚へ投げかけた言葉。

「君を殺す」――復讐の誓いと訣別から、半世紀。政治家となったソリヤは、理想とする〈ゲームの王国〉を実現すべく最高権力を目指す。

〔ヒューゴー賞受賞〕第二次世界大戦が枢軸国側の勝利に終わってから十五年、世界はいまだに日独二国の支配下にあった。

某市立高校の芸術棟にはフルートを吹く幽霊が出るらしい――吹奏楽部は来る送別演奏会のため練習を行わなくてはならないのだが、幽霊の噂に怯えた部員が練習に来なくなってしまった。かくなる上は幽霊など出ないことを立証するため、部長は部員の秋野麻衣とともに夜の芸術棟を見張ることを決意。しかし自分たちだけでは信憑性に欠ける、正しいことを証明するには第三者の立会いが必要だ。……かくして第三者として白羽の矢を立てられた葉山君は夜の芸術棟へと足を運ぶが、予想に反して幽霊は本当に現れた！にわか高校生探偵団が解明した幽霊騒ぎの真相とは？第16回鮎川哲也賞に佳作入選したコミカルなミステリ。

NSAのネットワークに侵入したのはリスベットだった。彼女はある目的のため、この犯罪組織を追っていたのだ。犯罪組織のリーダーはサノスと呼ばれていた。

９・11以降の“テロとの戦い”は転機を迎えていた。先進諸国は徹底的な管理体制に移行してテロを一掃したが、後進諸国では内戦や大規模虐殺が急激に増加していた。

宿敵ザラチェンコと対決したリスベットは、相手に重傷を負わせるが、自らも瀕死の状態に陥った。だ

〔ジョン・Ｗ・キャンベル記念賞受賞〕三千万の視聴者から愛されるマルチタレントのタヴァナーは、ある朝安ホテルで目覚めた。

謎につつまれた人物パーマー・エルドリッチが宇宙から持ち帰ったドラッグは、苦悶に喘ぐ人々に不死と安寧をもたらした。

ライザ・ラードナー、警視庁特捜部付警部にして、元テロリスト。

機甲兵装の密輸事案を捜査する警視庁特捜部は北アイルランドのテロ組織による英国高官暗殺計画を掴む。