異神千夜

I liked this a lot. It’s four vaguely linked short stories in the 怪談 ghost story kind of vein (and reminded me a bit of きつねのはなし, though it’s not exactly the same kind of linkage). The author has written horror novels, and although I wouldn’t classify this as horror and nor did the publisher, it does have some of those “ominous and deteriorating situation” vibes going on. Toward the end of at least two of the stories I found myself reading late into the night to find out how they would end.

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