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Zoo by Otsuichi
4.0

11 original stories of horror, science fiction, and suspense.

Zoo*: Each day a man receives a photograph chronicling his ex-girlfriend's decomposition.

In a Falling Airplane: The lives of three unusual people converge aboard a hijacked airplane.

The White House in the Cold Forest: A fairy tale about an abused boy who grows up to become a monster himself.

Find the Blood!: A comic tale about a man who can't feel pain and who wakes up one morning with a kitchen knife stuck in his side.

In the Park at Twilight, a Long Time Ago: A very brief story about a special sandbox.

Wardrobe: A murder mystery concerning a secret that somebody is willing to kill to keep quiet. An intentionally misleading narrative that bears a second reading.

Song of the Sunny Spot: The last man on earth creates a robot to care for him in his final days, an allegory for people who have children.

Kazari and Yoko*: A story of twin sisters, one beloved by their mother and the other horribly abused.

SO-far*: A boy finds his parents in a peculiar state after a tragic accident.

Words of God: A boy has the ability to bend any living thing to his will.

Seven Rooms*: A brother and sister awake to find themselves locked in a small, featureless room, with only a small channel of water running through it.

*These stories were adapted into an anthology film of the same name, also recommended.