Foreword / Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Foreword / Masumi Washington. -- The Saitama chain Saw Massacre / Genevieve Valentine -- Sky spider / Yusuke Miyauchi -- Rough night in Little Toke / Libby Cudmore -- Outside the circle / Ray Banks -- Monologue of a universal transverse Mercator projection / Yumeaki Hirayama. -- Best interest / Brian Evenson -- Vampiric Crime Investigation Unit: Tokyo Metrompolitan Police Department / Jyouji Hayashi -- Jigoku / Naomi Hirahara -- The girl who loved Shonen Knife / Carrie Vaughn -- Run! / Kaori Fujino -- Hanami / S. J. Rozan -- The electric palace / Violet LeVoit -- The long-rumored food crisis / Setsuko Shinoda -- Three cups of tea / Jeff Somers -- Out of balance / Chet Williamson -- The Saitama chain Saw Massacre / Hiroshi Sakurazaka.
Summary:
"A murderer doing time in hell. A girl who just wants to win her high school band contest...no matter what it takes. Sumo wrestlers with a supernatural secret. A future Tokyo where vampires are menial laborers nursing long-held grudges against humanity. And even a very conscientious, if unstable, Universal Transverse Mercator projection. These crime and mystery stories from and about Japan explore myth, technology, the sharpness of a sleuth's mind, and the darkness in the hearts of criminals. Read these stories and learn that hanzai means crime! Ray Banks, Libby Cudmore, Brian Evenson, Kaori Fujino, Jyouji Hayashi, Naomi Hirahara, Yumeaki Hirayama, Violet LeVoit, Yusuke Miyauchi, S.J. Rozan, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Setsuko Shinoda, Jeff Somers, Genevieve Valentine, Carrie Vaughn, Chet Williamson"--cover, page 4. Provided by publisher.
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