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Strange Pictures

by Uketsu , Jim Rion

2025 236 pages
Fiction Adult Horror Mystery Thriller Mystery Thriller Crime Japan Japanese Literature Asian Literature

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<b>The spine-tingling bestseller that has taken Japan by storm—an eerie fresh take on horror for fans of <i>Hidden Pictures</i> and Junji Ito, in which a series of seemingly innocent pictures draws you into a disturbing web of unsolved mysteries and shattered psyches.</b><br /><br />An exploration of the macabre, where the seemingly mundane takes on a terrifying significance. . . .<br /><br />A pregnant woman's sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning.<br /><br />A child's picture of his home contains a dark secret message.<br /><br />A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth down a rabbithole that will reveal a horrifying reality.<br /><br />Structured around these nine childlike drawings, each holding a disturbing clue, Uketsu invites readers to piece together the mystery behind each and the over-arching backstory that connects them all. <i>Strange Pictures</i> is the internationally bestselling debut from mystery horror YouTube sensation Uketsu—an enigmatic masked figure who has become one of Japan's most talked about contemporary authors.