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Kowabana
True Japanese Scary Stories From Around the Internet: Volume Eight
2020
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The horror keeps on coming. Once you know her name, you are forever cursed and there is no escaping her. There’s only one way to slow her down, and that’s to… An entire village wiped out by a curse spanning generations. But it’s not over yet… An otherwise unassuming box turns out to have a dark, hidden history. It might be a gateway to Hell itself… In Kowabana: ‘True’ Japanese scary stories from around the internet Vol. 8 you’ll find over 100 brand new creepypastas from Japan. From terrifying curses to abandoned shrines, frightful ghouls to vengeful spirits, cursed items to haunted cherry blossoms, the Kowabana series is dedicated to bringing you the best horror, thriller, suspense, and supernatural stories you’ve never seen before.

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Tara A. Devlin
Tara A. Devlin
Author · 23 books
Tara A. Devlin studied Japanese at the University of Queensland before moving to Japan in 2005. She lived in Matsue, the birthplace of Japanese ghost stories, for 10 years, where her love for Japanese horror really grew. And with Izumo, the birthplace of Japanese mythology, just a stone’s throw away, she was never too far from the mysterious. You can find her collection of horror and fantasy writings at taraadevlin.com and translations of Japanese horror at kowabana.net.
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