2026

The spine\-tingling bestseller that has taken Japan by storm—an eerie fresh take on horror for fans of Hidden Pictures and Junji Ito, in which a series of seemingly innocent pictures draws you into a disturbing web of unsolved mysteries and shattered psyches. An exploration of the macabre, where the seemingly mundane takes on a terrifying significance... A pregnant woman's sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning. A child's picture of his home contains a dark secret message. A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth down a rabbithole that will reveal a horrifying reality. Structured around these nine childlike drawings, each holding a disturbing clue, Uketsu invites readers to piece together the mystery behind each and the over\-arching backstory that connects them all. Strange Pictures is the internationally bestselling debut from mystery horror YouTube sensation Uketsu—an enigmatic masked figure who has become one of Japan's most talked about contemporary authors.

An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here. Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In a 1950s Paris swarming with expatriates and characterized by dangerous liaisons and hidden violence, an American finds himself unable to repress his impulses, despite his determination to live the conventional life he envisions for himself. After meeting and proposing to a young woman, he falls into a lengthy affair with an Italian bartender and is confounded and tortured by his sexual identity as he oscillates between the two. Examining the mystery of love and passion in an intensely imagined narrative, Baldwin creates a moving and complex story of death and desire that is revelatory in its insight.

Alternate cover edition here. Growing up in the suburbs of post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto, also an only child. Together they spent long afternoons listening to her father's record collection. But when his family moved away, the two lost touch. Now Hajime is in his thirties. After a decade of drifting he has found happiness with his loving wife and two daughters, and success running a jazz bar. Then Shimamoto reappears. She is beautiful, intense, enveloped in mystery. Hajime is catapulted into the past, putting at risk all he has in the present.

Είναι πολύ εύκολο να κατακρίνει κανείς ένα βιβλίο όπως τα Μάτια, του Χεσούς Ιγκνάθιο Αλδαπουέρτα. Ανοίξτε το τυχαία σε κάποια σελίδα και το πιθανότερο είναι ότι θα διαβάσετε την αδυσώπητα λεπτομερή περιγραφή ενός σαδιστικού βασανιστηρίου, ενός νεκροφιλικού βιασμού, ενός θανάτου. Για όσους αρέσκονται σε αβασάνιστες κρίσεις (συγχωρήστε μας το λογοπαίγνιο), η παρούσα συλλογή διηγημάτων είναι ένα ρυπαρό πορνογράφημα φρίκης, ένα δάχτυλο που χώνεται βίαια στο στόμα του αναγνώστη, προσπαθώντας να τον κάνει να ξεράσει όσο πιο γρήγορα γίνεται. Εμείς, στις εκδόσεις ΟΞΥ, έχουμε διαφορετική γνώμη, γι’ αυτό άλλωστε αποφασίσαμε και να την εκδώσουμε.