Vampiric: Tales of Blood and Roses from Japan edited by Heather Dubnick

[james_davis_nicoll]

Vampiric: Tales of Blood and Roses from Japan edited by Heather Dubnick

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[kedamono]

Finally, a modern horror story that treats vampires as they should be treated: People who have been cursed by God or the gods and are not to be emulated. And no glitter.

https://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=657

[ba_munronoe]

I'm pretty sure Japanese society was traditionally tough on social outcast types long before Rand hated her first poor.

[(Anonymous)]

I recently read this:

  https://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/07/03/burakumin-japan/

Imagine moving to a neighborhood and finding that suddenly, your friends and family are ashamed of you. Employers turn you down when you tell them your address, your fiancee tells you her family is threatening to disown her if she marries you.

It sounds like a literary allegory for racism, but for 2-3 million people known as burakujyumin in Japan, it’s a historic precedent. Burakumin were once part of a broader despised caste, but now refers increasingly to sections of cities where that caste once lived, and the jobs that caste once had.

[dragoness_e]

That is beautiful cover art.

[(Anonymous)]

There is something familiar about the image, especially the face. Could it be a modification of a black-and-white line art by Aubrey Beardsley or artist with a similar style?