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[sufue]

An Enemy in the Village is doing the £0.99 thing in the UK for a few more hours.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DCN9TCQS
Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/an-...in-the-village

Originally Posted by Apache

Actually the 17th, A Grave in the Woods came out in September of 2024. The newest An Enemy in the Village will be released July 1, 2025. The audio is being released June 5, 2025.
Apache

[Cactus Chef]

Cross-posted to Horror/Supernatural

Strange Pictures by Uketsu is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

“Uketsu’s strange riddles are chilling and addictive – I couldn’t put it down.” —R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface

“Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever. Seemingly unconnected stories tie themselves into a complicated knot, which Uketsu masterfully unravels.”—G. T. Karber, author of the national bestseller Murdle

“Wonderfully complex and carefully crafted . . . Uketsu keeps readers guessing until the very end.” —New York Times Book Review

The spine-tingling "triumphant international debut" (Publishers Weekly starred review) that has taken Japan by storm—an eerie fresh take on mystery-horror in which a series of seemingly innocent pictures draws you into a disturbing web of unsolved mysteries and shattered psyches.

An exploration of the macabre, where the seemingly mundane takes on a terrifying significance. . . .

A pregnant woman's sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning.

A child's picture of his home contains a dark secret message.

A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth down a rabbithole that will reveal a horrifying reality.

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. Strange Pictures 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.

Translated from the Japanese by Jim Rion.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Strange Houses by Uketsu is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

**“Deliciously unsettling and refreshingly unique, Strange Houses will lure you in and keep you captive with every clever twist.” —**Kristen Perrin, New York Times bestselling author of How to Solve Your Own Murder

From the bestselling author of the wildly inventive Strange Pictures and a phenomenon in Japan—unnatural layouts, trap doors, windowless rooms— a sinister conspiracy is concealed within a house’s warped and unsettling floor plans

When a writer fascinated by the macabre is approached by an acquaintance, he finds himself investigating an eerie house for sale in Tokyo. At first, with its bright and spacious interior, it seems the perfect first home. But upon closer inspection, the building’s floor plans reveal a mysterious "dead space” hidden between its walls. Seeking a second opinion, the writer shares the floor plans with his friend Kurihara, an architect, only to discover more unnerving details throughout.

What is the true purpose behind the house’s disturbing design? And what happened to the former owners who disappeared without a trace? When a body suddenly appears and a young woman reaches out about a second house, it soon becomes clear that the writer and his friend may be in over their heads. Structured around a series of chilling floorplans, with Strange Houses, mystery-horror YouTube sensation Uketsu casts readers in the role of detective, inviting them to help map out the truth hidden within these puzzling floor plans . . . and the terrifying plot behind it all.

Translated from the Japanese by Jim Rion

[DrNefario]

I read both of the Uketsu books last month, after a similar deal in the UK (which I posted here, I think). They're both pretty short, in terms of text. Strange Pictures was much the better of the two, for me. The leaps in Strange Houses just seemed too extreme.

[DuskyRose]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

I read both of the Uketsu books last month, after a similar deal in the UK (which I posted here, I think). They're both pretty short, in terms of text. Strange Pictures was much the better of the two, for me. The leaps in Strange Houses just seemed too extreme.

I agree. The first was interesting and different. The second just didn't work for me nearly as much.