The Liminal Zone, Vol. 2
(Author) Junji ItoFour-time Eisner Award winner Junji Ito presents brand-new nightmares! Welcome to the liminal zone, where things beyond your wildest imagination await. What fate awaits when death is not the end? A group of four university students stumbles upon a deserted, decaying village deep in the mountains only to find an enormous perpetual motion machine still at work there. Before they can answer the questions of who made it and to what end, the friends begin to disappear, one after the other. Another story sees the return of the strange Hikizuri siblings! A girl weighed down since birth by an invisible burden meets the odd siblings and moves in with them in order to understand the truth about herself. But after a string of bizarre occurrences, the siblings’ uncle appears on the scene…
Junji Ito
Junji Ito is a Japanese horror manga artist known for his intricate and unsettling works. He is most famous for his manga series "Uzumaki," which follows a town plagued by a supernatural curse involving spirals. Ito's works often feature disturbing and surreal imagery, exploring themes of body horror and psychological terror. His detailed artwork and unique storytelling style have made him a prominent figure in the horror genre. Ito's contributions to literature have been praised for their originality and ability to evoke a sense of unease in readers.