Mother's corpse in bits, dead dog on the roof, girlfriend in a coma, baby nailed to the wall, and a hundred tons of homicidal beef stampeding through the tube system. And Steven thought the slaughterhouse was bad... Cows is the long-awaited reissue of Matthew Stokoe's critically acclaimed debut novel.

This collection features a brilliant new translation of the Japanese master's stories, from the source for the movie Rashōmon to his later, more autobiographical writings. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan’s foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. ‘Rashōmon’ and ‘In a Bamboo Grove’ inspired Kurosawa’s magnificent film and depict a past in which morality is turned upside down, while tales such as ‘The Nose’, ‘O-Gin’ and ‘Loyalty’ paint a rich and imaginative picture of a medieval Japan peopled by Shoguns and priests, vagrants and peasants. And in later works such as ‘Death Register’, ‘The Life of a Stupid Man’ and ‘Spinning Gears’, Akutagawa drew from his own life to devastating effect, revealing his intense melancholy and terror of madness in exquisitely moving impressionistic stories. A WORLD IN DECAY - Rashōmon (Sep 1915) - In a Bamboo Grove (Dec 1921) - The Nose (Jan 1916) - Dragon: The Old Potter's Tale (May 1919) - The Spider Thread (Apr 1918) - Hell Screen (1918) UNDER THE SWORD - Dr. Ogata Ryōsai: Memorandum (Dec 7th 1916) - O-Gin (Aug 1922) - Loyalty (Feb 1917) MODERN TRAGICOMEDY - The Story of a Head That Fell Off (Dec 1917) - Green Onions (Dec 1919) - Horse Legs (Jan 1925) AKUTAGAWA'S OWN STORY - Daidōji Shinsuke: The Early Years (Dec 9th 1924) - The Writer's Craft (Mar 1924) - The Baby's Sickness (Jul 1923) - Death Register (Sep 1926) - The Life of a Stupid Man (Jun 1927 posthumous) - Spinning Gears (Jun 1927 posthumous)

From an award-winning team of editors comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora. A group of cabinet ministers query a supercomputer containing the minds of the country’s ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendent of a rain goddess inherits her grandmother’s ability to change her appearance—and perhaps the world. Created in the legacy of the seminal, award-winning anthology series Dark Matter, Africa Risen celebrates the vibrancy, diversity, and reach of African and Afro-Diasporic SFF and reaffirms that Africa is not rising—it’s already here. Contents: "The Blue House" by Dilman Dila "March Magic" by WC Dunlap "IRL" by Steven Barnes "The Deification of Igodo" by Joshua Uchenna Omenga "Mami Wataworks" by Russell Nichols "Rear Mirror" by Nuzo Onoh "Door Crashers" by Franka Zeph "The Soul Would Have No Rainbow" by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu "A Dream of Electric Mothers" by Wole Talabi "Simbi" by Sandra Jackson-Opoku "Housewarming for a Lion Goddess" by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga "A Knight in Tunisia" by Alex Jennings "The Devil Is Us" by Mirette Bahgat "Cloud Mine" by Timi Odueso "Ruler of the Rear Guard" by Maurice Broaddus "Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition)" by Tlotlo Tsamaase "The Sugar Mill" by Tobias S. Buckell "The Carving of War" by Somto Ihezue Onyedikachi "Ghost Ship" by Tananarive Due "Liquid Twilight" by Ytasha Womack "Once Upon a Time in 1967" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees "A Girl Crawls in a Dark Corner" by Alexis Brooks de Vita "The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library" by Tobi Ogundiran "When the Mami Wata Met a Demon" by Moustapha Mbacke Diop "The Papermakers" by Akua Lezli Hope "A Soul of Small Places" by Mame Bougouma Diene and Woppa Diallo "Air to Shape Lungs" by Shingai Njeri Kagunda "Hanfo Driver" by Ada Nnadi "Exiles of Witchery" by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori "The Taloned Beast" by Chinelo Onwualu "Star Watchers" by Danian Darrell Jerry "Biscuit & Milk" by Dare Segun Falowo

Search and Rescue Woods is an eight-part Creepypasta by Kerry Hammond, published on Reddit under the username searchandrescuewoods. It was originally posted to the Nosleep subreddit in August of 2015, with its final update being in December of that year. Currently, a novelization is in progress. The story follows the experiences of its narrator, an unnamed SAR officer working in a national forest, as he recalls stories of supernatural happenings, strange disappearances, and mysterious staircases in the middle of the woods. In addition to the core SAR stories, Hammond also wrote several additional companion pieces that, while not always being set in the woods or featuring the main SAR officer, expand upon the lore of the world featured in the stories. These include: "The Tunnel", "Late Night", "Anniversary", "Molten", "The Nameless Dark Story #2", and "Radio". All eight parts (alongside "Late Night", "Anniversary", "Molten", and "Radio") were featured on The Nosleep Podcast. An television adaption of the series will be airing as apart of Channel Zero in early 2018 under the title "Butcher's Block." (source)

"The Jaunt" is a horror short story by Stephen King first published in The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew. The story takes place early in the 24th century, when the technology for teleportation, referred to as "Jaunting", is commonplace, allowing for instantaneous transportation across enormous distances, even to other planets in the solar system. The government, which learned of the Jaunt through its inventor's use of a computer database in his experiments, soon took control of the project, demoting the scientist to a figurehead in the program. After the introduction of the Jaunt to the public in 1991, the country experienced a strong economic boom, and the price of oil declined to such an extent that OPEC disbanded. Due to environmental pollution, water became a more expensive and profitable commodity than oil by 2006.

Osamu Dazai's 1939 novella depicts a day in the life of a Tokyo schoolgirl. Propelling Dazai into the literary elite of post-war Japan, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against "them" -- a theme that occupied Dazai's life both personally and professionally. This new translation preserves the playful language of the original and offers the reader a new window into the mind of one of the greatest Japanese authors of the 20th century.

In the summer of 1994, psychologist Daniel Hill buys a rustic farmhouse nestled in the rolling hills of West Virginia. Along with his wife, Nora, and their teenage daughter, Alice, the family uproots their lives in Ohio and moves south. At first, they are seduced by the natural beauty of the farm and enjoy the bonding experience of fixing the old house, but that all changes when they discover a hidden room in the basement with a well, boarded shut and adorned with crucifixes. Local legends about the previous owner’s predilection for performing exorcisms come to light, but by then, all Hell has broken loose.