The Liminal Zone

The Liminal Zone
Author: Junji Ito
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2022-07-26
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1974733491

What destiny awaits them after the screaming? After abruptly departing from a train in a small town, a couple encounters a “weeping woman”—a professional mourner—sobbing inconsolably at a funeral. Mako changes afterward—she can’t stop crying! In another tale, having decided to die together, a couple enters Aokigahara, the infamous suicide forest. What is the shocking otherworldly torrent that they discover there? One of horror’s greatest talents, Junji Ito beckons readers to join him in an experience of ultimate terror with four transcendently terrifying tales. -- VIZ Media

Zero Zone

Zero Zone
Author: Scott O'Connor
Publisher: Catapult
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1640093745

A literary thriller about an infamous desert art installation, the cult it inspired, and the search for a missing young woman that is “cinematic . . . readers will be compelled to start again at page one to discover how O’Connor pieces together his suspenseful, incredibly well–written narrative” (Library Journal, starred review). Los Angeles, the late 1970s: Jess Shepard is an installation artist who creates environments that focus on light and space, often leading to intense sensory experiences for visitors to her work. A run of critically lauded projects peaks with Zero Zone, an installation at the once upon a time site of nuclear bomb testing in the New Mexico desert. But when a small group of travelers experience what they perceive as a religious awakening inside Zero Zone, they barricade themselves in the installation until authorities are forced to intervene. That violent showdown becomes a media sensation, and its aftermath follows Jess wherever she goes. Devastated by the attack and the distortion of her art, Jess retreats from the world. Unable to work, Jess unravels mentally and emotionally, plagued by a nagging uncertainty as to her culpability for what happened. Three years later, a survivor from Zero Zone comes looking for Jess, who must move past her self imposed isolation to face down her fears and recover her art and possibly her life from a violent cult intent of making it their own.

Sensor

Sensor
Author: Junji Ito,Ichiro Nakayama,Hirokatsu Kihara
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1974729346

A woman walks alone at the foot of Mount Sengoku. A man appears, saying he’s been waiting for her, and invites her to a nearby village. Surprisingly, the village is covered in hairlike volcanic glass fibers, and all of it shines a bright gold. At night, when the villagers perform their custom of gazing up at the starry sky, countless unidentified flying objects come raining down on them—the opening act for the terror about to occur! -- VIZ Media

Dissolving Classroom

Dissolving Classroom
Author: Junji Ito
Publisher: Vertical Inc
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1647290155

A pair of twisted siblings—Yuuma, a young man obsessed with the devil, and Chizumi, the worst little sister in recorded history—cause all sorts of tragic and terrifying things to happen wherever they go. These scary short stories will shock you with a literal interpretation of the ills that plague modern society.

Beyond the Threshold

Beyond the Threshold
Author: Hein Viljoen
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2007
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781433100024

What happens when we cross a significant boundary? We step into an unsettling in-between zone, where we have to abandon accepted structures and truths. Yet this liminal zone can also open up possibilities for inner transformation, leading to the birth of a new sense of fellowship. Since 1994, South Africans have been experiencing the anxieties of old structures breaking down and of new ones being built - a process that South African authors have been powerfully representing and questioning. Beyond the Threshold analyzes the transformative powers of liminal states and hybridizing processes in literature. Its authors discuss a wide range of intriguing liminal characters, dangerous liminal situations, and unique transformations in recent books mainly from South Africa. These books tell the compelling stories of marginal characters, giving their stories moral authority while exploring their transformative possibilities.

Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu

Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu
Author: Junji Ito
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2015-10-27
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1682330125

HELL-O-KITTY Master of Japanese horror manga Junji Ito presents a series of hissterical tales chronicling his real-life trials and tribulations of becoming a cat owner. Junji Ito, as J-kun, has recently built a new house and has invited his financée, A-ko, to live with him. Little did he know…his blushing bride-to-be has some unexpected company in tow—Yon, a ghastly-looking family cat, and Mu, an adorable Norwegian forest cat. Despite being a dog person, J-kun finds himself purrsuaded by their odd cuteness and thus begins his comedic struggle to gain the affection of his new feline friends.

Venus in the Blind Spot

Venus in the Blind Spot
Author: Junji Ito,Ichiro Nakayama,Hirokatsu Kihara
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1974722155

This striking collection presents the most remarkable short works of Junji Ito’s career, featuring an adaptation of Rampo Edogawa’s classic horror story “Human Chair” and fan favorite “The Enigma of Amigara Fault.” With a deluxe presentation—including special color pages, and showcasing illustrations from his acclaimed long-form manga No Longer Human—each chilling tale invites readers to revel in a world of terror. -- VIZ Media

Liminal Time, Liminal Space

Liminal Time, Liminal Space
Author: Various
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-11-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9780997939514

The liminal world is neither here nor there. It is betwixt and between the moment that was and the one yet to be; a transition from who we were to who we are. Walk within the mists and explore between the hedges with a collection of both prose and poem from international award-winning authors and tomorrow's rising stars.

Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection

Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection
Author: Junji Ito,Ichiro Nakayama,Hirokatsu Kihara
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1974726835

Ryusuke returns to the town he once lived in because rumors are swirling about girls killing themselves after encountering a bewitchingly handsome young man. Harboring his own secret from time spent in this town, Ryusuke attempts to capture the beautiful boy and close the case, but... Starting with the strikingly bloody “Lovesickness,” this volume collects ten stories showcasing horror master Junji Ito in peak form, including “The Strange Hikizuri Siblings” and “The Rib Woman.” -- VIZ Media