Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories

(Hardback)

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A best-of story selection by the master of horror manga.

This volumeincludes nine of Junji Itos best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary.

An arm peppered with tiny holes dangles from a sick girls window After an idol hangs herself, balloons bearing the faces of their destined victims appear in the sky An amateur film crew hires an extremely individualistic fashion model and faces a real bloody ending An offering of nine fresh nightmares for the delectation of horror fans.

Author Bio

Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre. His titles includeTomieandUzumaki,which have been adapted into live-action films;Gyo,which was adapted into an animated film;andhis short story collections Fragments of Horror, Shiver and Frankenstein, all of which are available from VIZ Media.Itos influences include classic horror manga artists Kazuo Umezz and Hideshi Hino, as well as authors Yasutaka Tsutsui and H.P. Lovecraft.