**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** Fragments of Horror by Junji Ito Viz Media, 2015 ISBN: 9781540050465 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Junji Ito’s Fragments of Horror, consists of eight original manga horror stories published in Nemuki+ in 2014, created after a hiatus from horror. Tales have a wide range in terms of content and atmosphere. In “Futon,” new wife […]
Author: Michele Lee
Michele is hard to define probably because the only dictionary nearby is English to Latin. Bibliothecam edot. A former stable hand, PTA president and bookseller, now she's a reviewer, writer, and editor. Her stories have appeared in Dark Futures and Horror Library, among others, and she recently sold her first novel, Wolf Heart. Her son and husband are very proud of her, her dog, cat and fish don't really care and her daughter has taken this as proof she, too, can be a writer. She pretends to keep a web presence at michelelee.net
**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito Viz Media, 2021 ISBN: 9781974719846 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com In Lovesickness, originally published in 1996 and told in 5 parts, Ryusuke Fukuda and his parents move back to the town of Nazumi after his father accepts a job there. The […]
**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** Tomie: Complete Deluxe Edition by Junji Ito Viz Media, 2016 ISBN: 9781421590561 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Femme fatale Tomie Kawakami, with long dark hair, hypnotic eyes, and a signature mole under her left eye, makes men love her, regardless of their age. She drives them to madness […]
**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito Viz Media, 2021 ISBN-13: 9781974719860 Available: Hardcover, Kindle, Comixology Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection brings together twelve of the horror mangaka’s earliest works. In “Bio House,” a young woman is invited to a strange meal where the after-dinner digestif is a […]
Anime Review: Castlevania: Nocturne
April 8, 2024A distant follow up to Netflix’s Castlevania series, Nocturne is set during the French Revolution and focuses on Trevor and Sypha’s descendant Richtor Belmont, his adopted sister and magician Maria Renard, Annette, a former slave with Orisha powers, and Edouard, Annette’s best friend and a opera singer. I started watching right after finishing the first […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Cereal: Sweet Darkness (Cereal #1) by Mark Russell, art by Peter Snejbjerg, Angelica Ingio, Ole Comoll, and Rob Steen Ahoy Comics, 2023 ISBN-13: 9781952090271 Available: Paperback Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The Marquis de Cocoa, a newly turned vampire, insists on continuing a tradition for the villagers in his township in order […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Glass Scientists, Volume 1 by S. H. Cotugno Razorbill, 2023 ISBN-13: 978593524442 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The Glass Scientists is a webcomic created by S. H. Cotugno. Set in 19th Century London, Dr. Henry Jekyll founds The Society for Arcane Sciences, a place where mad scientists prove they […]
Anime Review: Castlevania
March 29, 2024Castlevania isn’t a true anime, as it’s produced by Netflix, and written by Warren Ellis (who is amazing), done in an anime-inspired style of artwork, however it presents itself as one (thanks to multiple anime alumni also being involved) so I’m reviewing it as one. Something it’s also not is aimed at teens, with sexual […]
**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** Wingbearer (Wingbearer Saga #1) by Marjorie Liu, art by Teny Issakhanian Quill Tree, 2022 ISBN-13: 9780062741165 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle, Comixology Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Marjorie Liu takes a step away from horror and dark fantasy with her middle grade graphic novel, Wingbearer. Zuli, raised in the Great Tree by mysterious bird spirits, […]
Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (DanMachi is the Japanese language short title) is a light romantic/adventure series centered on a world were the gods of humanity have given up most of their magic in order to live more adventurous lives among humans. This has led to them gathering […]