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Obsession and persistence warp reality in this collection of macabre stories set in Junji Ito's bloodcurdling world.
A dark evil lurks in the unreachable depths of a pipe, groaning out moans that echo through the house of a germophobe mother and her daughters. In another tale, flowers blooming in the shape of eyeballs are only the beginning of the strange phenomena surrounding a mysterious transfer student. Could he have supernatural abilities? Also, a man in a village deep in the mountains shares memories of his wife. What happened to her after she said she would give freely of her blood?
Legendary horror author Junji Ito presents six stories that will make your blood run cold!
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987, and he is now recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists in the horror genre. His long-form masterpieces include
Gyo,
No Longer Human,
Tomie, and
Uzumaki, and his short stories have been collected into volumes such as
Alley,
Deserter,
Shiver,
Smashed,
The Liminal Zone, and several more, all available from VIZ Media. Ito’s professional memoir,
Uncanny: the Origins of Fear, details the influences and experiences that led to his becoming a horror manga artist.
He is a four-time Eisner Award winner. In 2019 his collection
Frankenstein won in the “Best Adaptation from Another Medium” category, and in 2021 he was awarded “Best Writer/Artist,” while
Remina received the award for “Best U.S. Edition of International Material (Asia).”
Lovesickness won “Best U.S. Edition” in 2022.
His titles have been adapted into live-action films and anime. The Netflix series
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre is based on his short stories, and
Uzumaki has inspired an anime miniseries.
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Obsession and persistence warp reality in this collection of macabre stories set in Junji Ito’s bloodcurdling world.
