Japanese Ghost Stories

by Hiroko Yoda

Genres: Horror; Ghost

Synopsis

Many of ghost stories of Japan came to the fore during the Edo period with its famous woodblocks of ukiyo-e, the floating world.

This new collection of Japanese ghost stories brings together the fantastic tales of vengeful spirits, man-eating demons, mountain-dwelling ogres, woodland ghosts and the phantoms of abandoned children, with stories such as Kwaiba's Revenge, The Yōtaka (Night-Hawks) of Honjō, News Reaches Kwaiba, In the Shadow of the Go Inkyō, The Rites for O'iwa and The Flowerless Road Traversed by the Dead. Japan has a long and ancient custom of sharing stories of the supernatural, brought to fashionable prominence in the Kaidan literature of the Edo period, now presented here for the modern reader.

FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

Release date: February 13, 2024

Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing

Print pages: 256