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Powerfully Morbid & Occasionally Gruesome
Nicky “Knuckles” Mamatas picked up the September issue of Neo last week and spotted a review of ZOO. How fortuitous. For those of you who don’t know, Neo is a magazine that services the otaku crowd in...
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ZOO by Otsuichi / Translation by Terry Gallagher
There are eleven stories in ZOO, each one more twisted than then the proceeding one. Award-winning horror novelist Brian Keene calls the collection “Bradbury-like.” We like that. Throw in a little...
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宇宙恐怖物語
Recently a coworker went to Kayo Books in downtown San Francisco and scored a mint-condition first-edition copy of Science Fiction Terror Tales. Lucky! This book, containing stories by Ray Bradbury,...
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ZOO nominated for Shirley Jackson award!
We’ve been sitting on this all week, but now we can finally announce that Otsuichi’s ZOO has been nominated for Best Short Story Collection for this year’s Shirley Jackson award. Buy me! Shirley...
View ArticleCool your body, chill your soul
One of the most interesting cultural differences between US and Japan to me is horror’s different relationship to the seasons. Here in the US, of course, horror is autumnal, partially thanks to...
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The Shirley Jackson Awards or, I Got A Rock
The winners of the 2009 Shirley Jackson Awards have been announced, and sadly for us, nominee ZOO by Otsuichi didn’t win in its category of Best Collection. Congrats to the winners Tunneling to the...
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Two new books! OH MY!
Well, it’s the 21st of September, and you know what that means! Two new Haikasoru titles are on bookstore shelves and in stock at your favorite online retailer, today. Check ‘em out: Star Trek: The...
View ArticleSummer, Fireworks, and Fabulous Prizes!
We’re pleased to hear that Otsuichi’s Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse has been nominated for the Black Quill Award in the category of “dark genre fiction collection.” (Collections are books of...
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Report from Japan: Meeting Otsuichi!
Our friend and translator Nate Collins was in Japan last month, and wrote this little essay for us…no, for you! about meeting Otsuichi in the flesh. Translators often feel a special responsibility for...
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Monster postcards from Japan
Happy Halloween everyone! Check out these fun and spoooky postcards from Japan I just got! Some monsters are familiar, others may not be! The woman on the upper left is the best, I think. She’s an...
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Powerfully Morbid & Occasionally Gruesome
Nicky “Knuckles” Mamatas picked up the September issue of Neo last week and spotted a review of ZOO. How fortuitous. For those of you who don’t know, Neo is a magazine that services the otaku crowd in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ZOO by Otsuichi / Translation by Terry Gallagher
There are eleven stories in ZOO, each one more twisted than then the proceeding one. Award-winning horror novelist Brian Keene calls the collection “Bradbury-like.” We like that. Throw in a little...
View ArticleClik here to view.
宇宙恐怖物語
Recently a coworker went to Kayo Books in downtown San Francisco and scored a mint-condition first-edition copy of Science Fiction Terror Tales. Lucky! This book, containing stories by Ray Bradbury,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ZOO nominated for Shirley Jackson award!
We’ve been sitting on this all week, but now we can finally announce that Otsuichi’s ZOO has been nominated for Best Short Story Collection for this year’s Shirley Jackson award. Buy me! Shirley...
View ArticleCool your body, chill your soul
One of the most interesting cultural differences between US and Japan to me is horror’s different relationship to the seasons. Here in the US, of course, horror is autumnal, partially thanks to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Shirley Jackson Awards or, I Got A Rock
The winners of the 2009 Shirley Jackson Awards have been announced, and sadly for us, nominee ZOO by Otsuichi didn’t win in its category of Best Collection. Congrats to the winners Tunneling to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Two new books! OH MY!
Well, it’s the 21st of September, and you know what that means! Two new Haikasoru titles are on bookstore shelves and in stock at your favorite online retailer, today. Check ‘em out: Star Trek: The...
View ArticleSummer, Fireworks, and Fabulous Prizes!
We’re pleased to hear that Otsuichi’s Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse has been nominated for the Black Quill Award in the category of “dark genre fiction collection.” (Collections are books of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Report from Japan: Meeting Otsuichi!
Our friend and translator Nate Collins was in Japan last month, and wrote this little essay for us…no, for you! about meeting Otsuichi in the flesh. Translators often feel a special responsibility for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monster postcards from Japan
Happy Halloween everyone! Check out these fun and spoooky postcards from Japan I just got! Some monsters are familiar, others may not be! The woman on the upper left is the best, I think. She’s an...
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