Strange Tales from Japan: 99 Chilling Stories of Yokai, Ghosts, Demons and the Supernatural

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Prepare to be spooked by these chilling Japanese short stories!

Strange Tales from Japan presents 99 spine-tingling tales of ghosts, yokai, demons, shapeshifters and trickster animals who inhabit remote reaches of the Japanese countryside. 32 pages of traditional full-color images of these creatures, who have inhabited the Japanese imagination for centuries, bring the stories to life.

The captivating tales in this volume include:

• The Vengeance of Oiwa--The terrifying spirit of a woman murdered by her husband who seeks retribution from beyond the grave
• The Curse of Okiku--A servant girl is murdered by her master and curses his family, with gruesome results
• The Snow Woman--A man is saved by a mysterious woman who swears him to secrecy
• Tales of the Kappa--Strange human-like sprites with green, scaly skin who live in water and are known to pull children and animals to their deaths
• And many, many more!