Lairs of the Hidden Gods, Volume 3 Straight to Darkness Edited by ASAMATSU Ken Introduced by Robert M. Price This well-received collection of original stories and articles inspired by the ‘Cthulhu Mythos’ created by H.P. Lovecraft was published in Japan in 2002 as a two-volume set under the name Hishinkai. The list of contributing authors […]
Lairs of the Hidden Gods, Volume 2 Inverted Kingdom Edited by ASAMATSU Ken Introduced by Robert M. Price This massive collection of original stories and articles inspired by the ‘Cthulhu Mythos’ created by H.P. Lovecraft was published in Japan in 2002 as a two-volume set under the name Hishinkai. The list of contributing authors is […]
Lairs of the Hidden Gods, Volume 1 Night Voices, Night Journeys Edited by ASAMATSU Ken Introduced by Robert M. Price This massive collection of original stories and articles inspired by the ‘Cthulhu Mythos’ created by H.P. Lovecraft was published in Japan in 2002 as a two-volume set under the name Hishinkai. The list of contributing […]
What October Brings: A Lovecraftian Celebration of Halloween Edited and with an introduction by Doug Draa Halloween, a time for laughing children in white bedsheets and superhero costumes. A time for chocolate candy, and pumpkins, and Trick-or-Treat. A time for dark things everything to slink out of the shadows and into our lives, reminding those […]
The Five Wonders of the Danube Zoran ŽIVKOVIĆ Translated by Alice Copple-Tošić On five bridges over the Danube, five strange and remarkable tales are told: tales of the sacrifices that are made for Art. For the painter, the sculptor, the writer and the composer, creation is inextricably entwined with violence, suffering and the darkest reaches […]
Kaiki—Uncanny Tales from Japan Volume 3: Tales of the Metropolis Selected and with commentary by HIGASHI Masao and preface by Robert WEINBERG The third and final volume of our Kaiki series returns us to the Capital City: Tokyo. While Japan has modernized, renaming old Edo as new-born Tokyo, strange secrets remain hidden under the chrome […]
Kaiki—Uncanny Tales from Japan Volume 2: Country Delights Selected and with commentary by HIGASHI Masao and preface by Robert WEINBERG The second volume in our Kaiki series moves from Edo, the center of Japan during the Shogunate, into the country, where old traditions and older fears are preserved. Enjoy a deeper and very different glimpse […]
Kaiki—Uncanny Tales from Japan Volume 1: Tales of Old Edo Selected and with commentary by HIGASHI Masao and preface by Robert WEINBERG The first volume in our Kaiki series introducing the world of Japanese weird and supernatural literature, Tales of Old Edo presents a selection of outstanding works drawn from centuries of creativity in the […]
Crystal Silence FUJISAKI Shingo Translated by Kathleen Taji It is 2071, and Mars is being slowly terraformed by many nations often cooperating in an uneasy truce that reflects tensions back on Earth. The water of the polar ice cap, the most important resource for all the Mars colonies, is jointly controlled by the US, China, […]
Herbert A. Giles and China: Two Early Classics of Modern Sinology Herbert A. Giles Modern sinology–the study of things Chinese–may trace its roots back centuries to Marco Polo, Byzantium and even Imperial Rome, but to a great extent it was built on foundations laid and extended by Herbert Giles, a consul for the United Kingdom […]