Horror (25)

Jim Rion

Translating Strange Buildings

My English translation of Uketsu's third, and longest, novel is out now worldwide. Strange Buildings expands and improves on the core concept of Strange Houses, creating a multilayered narrative around the designs of 11 different buildings, which all end up woven into a much greater,…

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Jim Rion

Book Review - Olyoke

Olyoke, by Vincent Endwell. Coming in March 2026. This was another ARC from Tenebrous Press, which is doing lots of cool things with horror in the weird mode. Many of the books they put out fall outside my personal taste zone, but I always appreciate…

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Jim Rion

Story Time - Ubadō

Quick heads up: This (rather long) story contains some implied darkness involving pregnancy/babies. Nothing graphic. He guided the car down a broad road. She stared idly out at the passing scenery. The car wound across a plateau dotted with pale projections of limestone, like stone…

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Jim Rion

Story - Tasogare

The December sun was setting over the quiet inland sea as I walked alone along the river, slowly approaching the nearby mouth. I call it a river, but it’s more of a stream. Not even ten meters wide, a meter deep at most, rolling with…

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