Moore's "He Dreads the Cold" (yuki-onna), Benjanun Sriduangkaew's "Ningyo" (mermaids and other mythological beings)-it incorporates a much broader variety of stories as well. And while the volume does include such tales-Zachary Mason's "Five Tales of Japan" (tengu and various deities), James A. With a title like Phantasm Japan I had anticipated an anthology inspired by yokai and Japanese folklore. Much like The Future Is Japanese, Phantasm Japan promised to be an intriguing collection. Most of the stories are original to the collection, although a few of the translated works were previously published in Japan. The anthology collects twenty-one pieces of short fiction, including an illustrated novella, from seventeen creators in addition to the two introductory essays written by the editors. I rather enjoyed The Future Is Japanese and so was looking forward to the release of Phantasm Japan. A third anthology in the loosely-related series, Hanzai Japan, is currently being complied. Phantasm Japan, published in 2014, is a followup of sorts to the 2012 anthology The Future is Japanese. Phantasm Japan: Fantasies Light and Dark from and about Japan, edited by Nick Mamatas and Masumi Washington, is the second anthology of short fiction curated specifically for Haikasoru, the speculative fiction imprint of Viz Media.
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