That's a lot of Stephen King! In past years, we've resisted giving authors more than one slot on the list (though we made an exception for Nora Roberts during the 2015 romance poll - and she's basically the Stephen King of romance.) In the end, we decided that since so much classic horror is in short story format, we would allow authors one novel and one short story if necessary. I'd be hiding under the bed shuddering without their help.Īnd a word about Stephen King: Out of almost 7,000 nominations you sent in, 1,023 of them were for the modern master of horror. Readers did nominate them, but the judges felt uncomfortable debating the inclusion of their own work - so it's up to me to tell you to find and read their excellent books! I personally, as a gigantic horror wuss, owe a debt of gratitude to this year's judges, particularly Hendrix, for their help writing summaries for all the list entries. Always a Child to Parent: The main conflict in Layers of Fear is about a. One thing you won't see on the list is any work from this year's judges, Stephen Graham Jones, Ruthanna Emrys, Tananarive Due and Grady Hendrix. Junji Ito (born July 31, 1963) is one of the top mangakas in the horror genre. A one-shot about a strange curse visited on a family after an archaeological dig. Narumi doesn't know what to do about it.100 Best Books Happy Ever After: 100 Swoon-Worthy Romances Her severely disfigured mother shuts herself away in a room of the house with Reimi who has mutated into a grotesque abomination with layers growing on top of layers. Narumi reports that the infant skull her father had unearthed at the burial site is missing and was never found. Soya isn't affected by the curse and her body is not made up of layers with horrific results as she cuts her face away. Soya declares that she'll simply remove the layers of her own body until she returns to the age she was when she gave birth to Reimi. However, Mrs. Sure enough, Reimi's 2-year old face is intact underneath the layers, but like a tree her body has been naturally distorted by her growth over the ensuing years up to the present, growing and stretching as the layers grew on top. Soya hacks through Reimi's body with a knife, wanting to cut away the layers and reach the two-year-old Reimi. Upon hearing the two-year-old Reimi call out to her, Mrs. Soya watches over her wanting to re-connect with the two-year-old version of Reimi still inside her. Soya believes) at her most beautiful.Īs Reimi sleeps, Mrs. She is obsessed with Reimi as she was at two years old, which was when she was talent scouted for a TV commercial and was (or so Mrs. Soya is upset at the loss of Reimi's beauty. Narumi reveals that she, too, is cursed, showing a mouth with layers of teeth. He became obsessed with his work and passed away nine years later. The layers exactly resemble the burial site that Soya uncovered Narumi believes he was cursed when he broke open the tomb. Narumi says Reimi has fallen victim to a curse. The doctor believes that Reimi grows a new layer each year, and all her younger selves are still contained inside her. When examined by a doctor, it emerges that Reimi's body is comprised of layers of skin: she does not have organs, bones, or muscles like a regular human. However, an identical new layer of skin is underneath. When their car collides with a truck, Reimi loses half her face in the accident. 'Layers of Fear': Thanks to a curse, a young woman is revealed to have layers of her previous skin under her normal skin, structured in layers like a nesting doll. Soya claims that Narumi was too ugly to bother with, whereas Reimi is beautiful and had prospects for the future. Junji Itos so very good at what he does that having pages for all of his major works wasnt enough to cover all the scary moments that hes put to paper. Turn your eyes to Japan, however, and you’ll discover a writer and artist capable of injecting a far more potent amount of fear into his readers’ veins. His wife favoured their daughter Reimi whilst neglecting their other child, Narumi. Thirteen years later, in 2017, Soya is now dead. However, he is forced to abandon any further investigation because of rain. Soya thinks that this might be part of a burial ritual, which would be a huge discovery. One of the team thinks that the layers resemble a human face and a skull, which looks like that of a child, is uncovered. Layers of Fear is a one-shot story published in 2017 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Junji Ito's manga career.Ī team of archaeologists led by Professor Soya uncovers a series of layers at an excavation site.
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