Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan
By (Author) Haikasoru
Edited by Nick Mamatas
Edited by Masumi Washington
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Haikasoru
20th October 2015
United States
General
Fiction
741.5952
Paperback
352
Width 133mm, Height 203mm, Spine 23mm
322g
A murderer doing time in hell. A girl who just wants to win her high school band contestno matter what it takes. Sumo wrestlers with a supernatural secret. A future Tokyo where vampires are menial laborers nursing long-held grudges against humanity. And even a very conscientious, if unstable, Universal Transverse Mercator projection. These crime and mystery stories from and about Japan explore myth, technology, the sharpness of a sleuths mind, and the darkness in the hearts of criminals. Read these stories and learn that hanzai means crime!
Ray Banks
Libby Cudmore
Brian Evenson
Kaori Fujino
Jyouji Hayashi
Naomi Hirahara
Yumeaki Hirayama
Violet LeVoit
Yusuke Miyauchi
S.J. Rozan
Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Setsuko Shinoda
Jeff Somers
Genevieve Valentine
Carrie Vaughn
Chet Williamson
Contributors includeNew York Timesbest-seller Carrie Vaughn,All You Need Is KILL/Edge of Tomorrow's Hiroshi Sakurazaka,Catwoman's Genevieve Valentine,mystery genre stalwarts S. J. Rozan and Naomi Hirahara, cross-genre author Jeff Somers, and many more.