Transmuted

Transmuted

Review Transmuted is a wild medical horror story with some of the best body horror I’ve read in a while. The story follows a trans woman who finds herself desperate…
Parasite Eve

Parasite Eve

Review Never in my life have I ever encountered a book that I felt more conflicted by. Parasite Eve is a Japanese techno-thriller that spawned a film adaptation and a…
Our Wives Under the Sea

Our Wives Under the Sea

Review Our Wives Under the Sea is a grotesquely beautiful literary horror novel. This book didn't contain the blood and gore of so much of the horror genre, but instead…
Bibliomania

Bibliomania

Review Bibliomania was an unexpected treat of fantastical cosmic horror! It is a dark fairy tale about a girl named Alice who wakes up in a cursed castle where all…
We Can Never Leave This Place

We Can Never Leave This Place

Review We Can Never Leave This Place is a phantasmagorical masterpiece, a surreal nightmare about an imaginative girl trapped in lockdown at home with her mother. The world is in…
Venus in the Blind Spot

Venus in the Blind Spot

Review I am always overjoyed when I see another Junji Ito collection being brought over to English, Ito has such a large body of work and there are so many…
The Salt Grows Heavy

The Salt Grows Heavy

Review I didn't know what I was getting myself into, but I was ready to take the plunge the second I saw this book. The Salt Grows Heavy is a…
A Human Stain

A Human Stain

Review What a wild ride this story was, I read it in a single sitting before bed and I couldn't put it down. The opening of A Human Stain reminds…
Life Ceremony

Life Ceremony

Review When I read Convenience Store Woman a few years ago I couldn't get enough of Murata's writing. I'm a big fan of short stories, so I was excited to…