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1. 1. Bat Eater And Other Names For Cora Zeng

   

   Cora Zeng cleans crime scenes in Chinatown while trying to cope with the trauma of seeing her sister pushed in front of a train and the killer’s whispered words, “bat eater.” As the murderer remains at large, Cora grows increasingly numb and haunted: bat carcasses start appearing at clean-up sites and the recent victims are all East Asian women. Between grief, cultural rituals like the Hungry Ghost Festival, and signs of something sinister, Cora must confront the dread she has been avoiding.

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2. 2. The Keeper Of Night

   

   Set in a world where the boundaries between life and death blur, this gripping tale follows Ren Scarborough, a half-British Reaper and half-Japanese Shinigami, as she embarks on a perilous journey to find her place in a realm that shuns her dual heritage. Torn between two cultures, Ren struggles with her identity and the expectations placed upon her by both the British Reapers and the Japanese Shinigami. Her quest for acceptance leads her to Japan, where she must confront her deepest fears and unravel the mysteries of her past, all while navigating a dangerous path filled with mythical creatures, ancient spirits, and the haunting shadows of her own destiny.

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3. 3. Japanese Gothic

   

   A critical study of how Gothic aesthetics and the uncanny function in modern Japanese fiction, tracing the ways writers adapt Western Gothic tropes alongside indigenous supernatural traditions to explore anxieties about modernity, gender, nation, and the body; the book examines ghost stories, liminal figures, and ambiguous narratives that blur psychological and supernatural explanations, showing how urban space, technology, memory, and social change produce forms of haunting that illuminate cultural tensions and transformations in Japan.

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