A Small Charred Face

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Even monsters need families.

What are the Bamboo

They are from China.

They look just like us.

They live by night.

They drink human lifeblood but otherwise keep their distance.

And every century, they grow white blooming flowers.

A boy named Kyo is saved from the precipice of death by a Bamboo, a vampire born of the tall grasses. They start an enjoyable yet strange shared life together, Kyo and the gentle Bamboo. But for Bamboo, communication with human beings is the greatest sin.

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"[A Small Charred Face] bares the truths of life through both violence and beauty, imparting lessons one won't soon forget. It's a definite must-read for fans of dark, emotional tales."-- "ThisIsHorror.co.uk"
"They say vampire stories are dead, but A Small Charred Face proves naysayers wrong with an absolutely different type of monster ripe for our cynical age."--Silvia Moreno-Garcia "Certain Dark Things"

Author Bio

Kazuki Sakuraba was born in 1971. She began publishing while still in college. Her earlyGosicklight novels were best sellers and were translated into English, and her adult fiction is also popular and critically acclaimed.Red Girlswon the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 2007 and was translated into English in 2015. Watashi no otoko, a suspense novel about an incestuous relationship, won the Naoki Prize for popular fiction in 2008.