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The third book of our well-received Speculative Japan series, this volume brings more outstanding authors from the Japanese archipelago to English, with a selection of never-before published stories covering a broad range of speculative fiction... from gritty SF to dark fiction, enjoy a whole new dimension of the imagination!

Nominated for the 2012 Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards!

"...the stories you'll find collected here will broaden your view of what is possible or imaginable, provoking unusual -- and sometimes uncomfortable -- thoughts. That is as it should be."
--David Brin, preface to Speculative Japan Volume 1

This, the third volume of the Speculative Japan series, introduces a few touches of horror, gently flavoring the mix to give an extra tang to the usual shot of science fiction. And, as always, all of the stories and many of the authors are coming to English for the first time.

Enjoy!

Table of Contents:
• Preface • essay by Edward Lipsett
• Introduction • essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• A White Camellia in a Vase • short story by Ken Asamatsu
• Heart of Darkness • short story by Ayatsuji Yukito
• Angel French • short story by Masaya Fujita
• A Piece of Butterfly's Wing • short story by Kamon Nanami
• The Finish Line • novelette by Matsuzaki Yuri
• Sunset • short story by Minagawa Hiroko
• It's All Thanks to Saijo Hideki • short story by Natsuko Mori
• To the Blue Star • short story by Ogawa Issui
• The Warning • novelette by Riku Onda
• Green Tea Ice Cream • novelette by Mark Schultz
• Five Sisters • novelette by Suga Hiroe
• Invisible • novelette by Tachihara Toya
• Lest You Remember • novelette by Takano Fumio
• Fin and Claw • novelette by Sayuri Ueda
• Silver Bullet • novelette by Yamada Masaki

The fourth book of our well-received Speculative Japan series introduces new talents from Japan, and fresh new stories by some of the outstanding authors we've introduced to the English-speaking world already. From deep in the mountains of the Japanese countryside to the plains of frigid Pluto, from a warm South Pacific isle to a freezing mountainside, to Mars or inside a lonely psyche... a positive smorgasbord of speculative enjoyment, in English for the first time!

"...the stories you'll find collected here will broaden your view of what is possible or imaginable, provoking unusual -- and sometimes uncomfortable -- thoughts. That is as it should be."
- David Brin, preface to Speculative Japan Volume 1

Table of Contents:
• Genesis: Dark Birth—Shining Death • short fiction by Asamatsu Ken
• The Fish in Chryse • novella by Azuma Hiroki
• The Sparrow Valley • short fiction by Hanmura Ryo
• Encounters on the Solar Wind • short fiction by Hori Akira
• Last Words • short fiction by Inoue Masahiko
• Pearls for Mia • short fiction by Kajio Shinji
• Prototype No. 3 • short fiction by Kobayashi Yasumi
• Dancing Babylon • short fiction by Makino Osamu
• The Ebb and Flow of the Aurora Sea • short fiction by Mase Junko
• Morceaux • short fiction by Minagawa Hiroko
• Nightfall • short fiction by Suzuki Miekichi
• Communion • short fiction by Takahashi Takako
• The Burning House • short fiction by Tsukimura Ryoe
• Vermilion • novelette by Ueda Sayuri
• Matsui Seimon, on the Case • short fiction by Yamada Masaki