Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories

No one does body horror quite like the Japanese. The genre is, by definition, deeply disturbing already, offering up mutations, sickeningly visceral takes on monsters, and fates worth than death. But the Japanese version of it is just somehow…more, in all respects, and more unsettling than its American and European counterparts. From the biomechanoid insanity […]

The ongoing series that grew out of that story, Tomie, ran in the magazine for 13 years, launching Ito’s career as a manga-ka. Since then, he has provided bone-deep chills and viscersal thrills to a generation of readers in the U.S. and Japan with short stories (collected in the books Fragments of Horror, Shiver, and Smashed) […]

A semester-at-sea goes horribly awry when Liv’s ex-bestfriend goes missing the first night of the program. As Liv tries to uncover what really happened, her discoveries lead her to believe that the ship holds eerie secrets, making her wonder what else it might be hiding. Those We Drown is an atmospheric debut perfect for fans of What We Harvest and That Weekend. Keep reading to hear from Amy Goldsmith about how the Horror genre has inspired her and what Horror books she recommends YA readers pick up next.

Just in time for Halloween, Junji Ito follows up his latest collection of short stories — Alley — with a fascinating look into his creative process in Uncanny: The Origins of Fear. Uncanny gives us a window into the macabre master’s mind like never before. Mixing memoir with an overview of horror in manga, Ito […]