Japanese Horror Fiction

A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company. It’s the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends, brought back together to celebrate a wedding. A night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare as secrets get dragged out and relationships are tested. But the house has secrets too. Lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Structured around nine childlike drawings, each holding a disturbing clue, Uketsu invites listeners to piece together the mystery behind each and the over-arching backstory that connects them all. Strange Pictures is the internationally bestselling debut from mystery horror YouTube sensation Uketsu—an enigmatic masked figure who has become one of Japan's most talked about contemporary authors.

“Congratulations, you’ve won the lottery!” shouts the angel Prapura to a formless soul. The soul hasn’t been kicked out of the cycle of rebirth just yet - he’s been given a second chance. He must recall the biggest mistake of his past life while on "homestay" in the body of 14-year-old Makoto Kobayashi. It looks like Makoto doesn’t have a single friend, and his family don’t seem to care about him at all. But as the soul begins to live Makoto’s life on his own terms, he grows closer to the family and the people around him and sees their true colors more clearly.

東京都荒川区の超高層マンションで起きた凄惨な殺人事件。

異国の地で出逢った美しい少女。だが、憧れの彼女は人ではなかった。この恋は、人を殺す。最注目の気鋭が放つ、異形の恋愛ホラー長編！

墨田区・大川公園で若い女性の右腕とハンドバッグが発見された。

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地球上の全生命滅亡まで30年……。全地球規模のプロジェクトが始動した!グレースは、真っ白い奇妙な部屋で、たった一人で目を覚ました。

Amazon Book Description: Explore the Enigmatic World of Japanese Cryptids and Yokai Step into the captivating realm of Japanese folklore and mythology with this comprehensive exploration of yokai and cryptids, from vengeful spirits to mysterious lake monsters. Perfect for fans of supernatural legends, horror enthusiasts, and cryptozoology, this book dives deep into the myths, sightings, and cultural significance of Japan's most intriguing creatures. What You'll Discover: Onryō: The chilling vengeful spirits that inspired modern horror classics like Ringu and Ju-On. Kussie: Japan’s Loch ...

本当に怖いのは幽霊か、はたまた人か。日本三大怪談と呼ばれる「四谷怪談」「皿屋敷」「牡丹燈籠」の初オーディオブック化。怨念と欲、不遇の魂は念によって醸成され、心の影を闇へといざなう。鬼気迫る朗読と、臨場感溢れる効果音で、不朽の怪談が音声書籍に。落語や歌舞伎、講談など様々な表現芸術で取り上げられる日本三大怪談。この三話が取り立て有名な背景には、幸薄き美しき娘達が人に因って裏切られるという共通のテーマがある。怨念を引きずり現世に甦る幽霊への恐怖感の根源には、渦巻く人の浅ましき欲と、その渦が引き起こす怪奇が、人間が日々出くわす状況の中で避けることの出来ないものを孕んでいるからである。田中貢太郎編では、上記のテーマに沿ってシンプルに、人間の欲が巻き起こす怪奇の世界を抽出して編纂されている。

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.

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.

「奥様のほうでは、少しも御存じのない男から、突然、このようなぶしつけなお手紙を差し上げます罪を、幾重にもお許しくださいませ――」 美しき閨秀作家・佳子のもとに、一通の分厚い封書が届く。ファンから原稿が送られてきたものと思い封を開けるが、奇妙なことに、原稿用紙には表題はおろか署名すらない。そして、突然「奥様」という呼びかけの言葉で始まっていた。気味悪く思いながらも読み進めていく佳子だったが、そこに書かれていたのは、椅子職人だという男の、驚くべき告白だった……。推理小説、そして怪奇小説の名手として知られる鬼才・江戸川乱歩。2014年に生誕120年を迎えるのを機に、乱歩の短編の中でも随一の知名度を誇る「人間椅子」をオーディオブック化しました。朗読するのは、名優・篠井英介。美しい言葉で描写された仄暗い作品世界を、時に繊細に、時に大胆に表現します。奇抜な設定、そして意表を突く結末をお楽しみください。

The picturesque coastal town of Florence was known for millennia as a pleasure resort for the Nobility. As retribution for their decadence, the cruel and beautiful vampire inhabitants were "punished," driven out more than a thousand years ago by a solitary traveler in black. Only one—Baron Meinster—refused to leave, only to be thrown to the waves by the mysterious assassin. Summoned to contemporary Florence by Su-in, sister of a murdered village girl, the enigmatic Vampire Hunter D discovers a vampire curse ravaging the town's human inhabitants.

恋ゆえに悲劇は起き。愛ゆえに成仏できず。欲ゆえに人は死ぬ。本当に怖いのは幽霊か。はたまた人か。この怪談噺の語源は中国明代の小説集に収められた一話に基づき、三遊亭圓朝によって落語の演目化されたものである。本編は小説家田中貢太郎により怪談噺の本筋である、お露の幽霊が萩原新三郎に憑き殺すところまでをテンポ良く描いている。■あらすじ-旗本飯島平左衛門の美しき娘、お露は浪人である萩原新三郎と相思相愛になるが、恋患いから病に臥し、命を落とす。それを伝え聞いた新三郎は来る日も来る日も念仏を唱えて過ごしていた。ひとつき後の盆、十三日の夜。新三郎が縁側で月を眺めていると、生垣の向こうから「カラコン、カラコン」と云う下駄の音が聞こえてきた。やるともなしにその方へ眼をやった新三郎に、声を掛けてきたのは、美しい女を連れた年増の女中。死んだはずのお米だった。「今日は盆のことでございますから、彼方此方あっちこっちおまいりをして、晩おそく帰るところでございます」死んだと思っていたお露とお米が今眼の前にいる。新三郎は取りも直さず裏口から二人を自室に招き入れるのだった。それから毎晩のように泊まりに来る女の声に、孫店に住む使用人伴蔵が気づいたのだった。そこで、高窓に背伸びををして覗く伴蔵が眼にしたのは。島田髷の腰から下のない骨と皮ばかりの女が、青白い顔に鬢びんの毛をふり乱して、それが蝋燭ろうそくのような手をさしのべて

ヨーロッパ中を震撼させた大事件を解決したホームズ。その名はヨーロッパ中に響き渡っていた。しかし、その代償は大きく、ホームズは過労の為、神経症になってしまった。見かねたワトソンは、彼に転地療養を勧め、ライギットにいるかつての戦友のもとを訪ねる。しかし、事件はホームズを放ってはおかなかった。ワトソンが反対する中、事件が舞い込んでくる。大地主の家に次々と強盗が入った。2件目の強盗でついに使用人が殺害される。そして事件によってホームズの目は再び輝きを取り戻すのであった。残された謎のメモの断片…。ホームズの推理が見事に冴え渡る! -『ライギット・パズル』(原題:THE REIGATE PUZZLE)は、「ライゲートの謎」や「ライゲイトの大地主」などの邦題で知られる。ちなみに“ライゲート”は間違った発音で、現地での発音は“ライギット”である。(1893年6月初出)ストランド・マガジン「シャーロック・ホームズの記憶」よりFirst published in the Strand Magazine, June. 1893