Short story, no moral boundaries, proceed with caution.

The Rainy Mansion was a house that looked damp and gloomy even on a sunny day. It was a place where the boundary between the living and the dead was ambiguous.... more>>

When a mu*der case happened at the Rainy Mansion, it seemed it could be easily solved because the heritance dispute among the residents was well known.

The detectives investigating the case were perplexed by the strange deduction made by Ayano Hayase, a beautiful woman who was freeloading at the mansion.

“The open roof is a locked-room.”

“There is a granny ghost inside the closet.”

It was said that the criminal cases at the Rainy Mansion would always end up being cold cases. And now, a serial mu*der had occurred there.

A rookie detective, Tanimoto, was working hard to solve the case while being puzzled by words and action of the poker face beauty Ayano. <<less

As an extraordinarily handsome young character, rookie police officer Akechi, along with middle-aged Kobayashi and other amusing companions, faces challenging cases. Will Akechi be able... more>> to solve these cases successfully? <<less

Du Yixin, on the shelf since birth, twenty years now and counting, dreams of one day finding a cute girlfriend. Unfortunately for him, before he finds one, he is transported into an unfamiliar, abandoned high school.... more>>

It’s late; dark. There doesn’t seem to be anybody around, but an announcement comes——
[School is now over. Students, please do not loiter and immediately leave. The teacher on duty, begin your rounds immediately]

What he did not expect, however, was that the scariest thing was not the game’s boss, but the man who chopped the boss up and then turned against the players.

Du Yixin “And yet, he still submitted to my amazing character, and decided to become my lackey.”

Ying Sheng, narrowing his eyes, “Lackey?”

Du Yixin “… Boyfriend.”

Ying Sheng “Hmph.”

Du Yixin “Darling~”

Ying Sheng, blushing “shut up!” <<less

This bizarre story is about a girl, who transmigrated to olden days using her bracelet with the identity of an assassin. But this assassination will... more>> not be repeated again. <<less

We have the legend of the Saffron Maiden since ancient times
Legend has it that she was a little girl who committed su*cide
Later, many... more>> strange things happened
And several people died
But the truth is something else... <<less

Don’t know since when there was a box inside the elevator in the corridor.... more>>

An ordinary cardboard box, a bit large, placed neatly against the wall in the corner of the elevator and occupied nearly a quarter of the space.

The box wasn't sealed shut.

It was dark inside, who knows what was inside of it. <<less

Ling Hua'an possessed peculiar eyes. He couldn’t see the living, but he has the ability to see ghosts. He runs a small supermarket with his profit obviously earned from the living people. But in fact, his massive income actually comes from finding out the cause of death of the wronged souls and helping them enter the cycle of reincarnation.... more>>

There is a saying that has been circulating in the Underworld:

The grocery store’s door is open. Ghosts must not come in if they have no money!

Jiang Chengyan is the captain of the criminal investigation team of Yuncheng Municipal Bureau.

He is busy everyday, and often works overtime. His dinner would mostly be instant noodles he had bought from the supermarket near the gate.

But every time he went out shopping, he would always sense the gloomy atmosphere surrounding the market. But he’s a firm atheist, so it‘s reasonable for him to go. (Actually, I think the supermarket owner is quite a good-looking fellow and has good disposition.)

By an incidental chance, Ling Hua'an suddenly received a huge order. If he could do it, he will no longer have to worry about food and clothing in his lifetime. But it’s quite difficult, thus, Ling Hua’an naturally approached Jiang Chengyan.

Afterwards, Jiang Chengyan who is a firm atheist, had his three views broken, and it was really sweet… <<less

As a newborn vampire, Luo ZhouZhou’s instincts are ingrained in his genes making him embark on a constant lifelong quest for a matching mate. His mate’s blood must be warm and sweet, with the scent of red caltrop fruit. However, after almost twenty years of searching without any luck, Luo ZhouZhou felt himself withering away until he traveled to an unknown time and space.... more>>

Getting accustomed to his new human life (not human, vam-pi-re!) is far from easy, but when he ends up at the office of the Bayard district’s police station, he finally finds the smell he has been searching for all this time.

Only a whiff and I know he’s the mate I’ve been looking for!

In a strange place with pheromones and secondary genders, the naive Luo ZhouZhou, who knows nothing about the workings of this ABO world, has to find the owner of that scent. And there’s also an omega killer on the loose!

What are omegas and alphas? Some kind of personal s*aves? If only this General Chu Feng would leave this vampire in peace so he can fulfill his lifelong quest, dammit! <<less

Cheng Zhi Chu was pulled into an infinite stream of horror games. If he didn’t clear them, he would die.... more>>

But can someone tell him why others clear the games using violence and force but his method of clearing the game is by kissing the boss?!

Cheng Zhi Chu: I am a straight man. Even if I kill myself or am killed by monsters, I will not kiss the boss!

Boss: Be good. Kiss me and I’ll let you go.

Bai Yi had been trapped in the game for many years.

Rather than exploding in anger in the silence, he had turned crazy. And so…….he split himself. His soul was broken into many pieces and each of them became the boss in the games.

But, regardless of how the soul was split, from the beginning to the end there was one thing that didn’t change —–He, likes Cheng Zhi Chu.

Every fragment of his soul was utterly in love with him.

It was also because of this that he and every fragment of his couldn’t stand seeing people other than himself getting close to Cheng Zhi Chu —- Even if the other party used to be a part of himself.

Dark desire gradually surged inside him.

Anyone who gets between him and Cheng Zhi Chu——even if it’s himself —– he would kill them all.

“The person who you should really kiss……is me.” <<less

“I’ll protect you with my magic.”... more>>

The person who spoke those cryptic words to me was none other than our school’s preeminent beauty, Miki Kouzuki. When I started going out with her, the world surrounding me suddenly began moving.

“Ahh… I wanna kill someone.”

“Chains? I’m not sure I see any chains to speak of…”

My delinquent best friend, our straight-laced class representative, not to mention me and Miki… As we all start to break, the place we arrived at was—

Note: Originally released in 2005 without the subtitle, the author rewrote and re-released the novel in 2016 with new illustrations by Yoshitoshi Abe. <<less

“Musketeer Code – no all for one, just one for all.”... more>>

Gibbs, Ray, KJ and Troll – a group of the most popular male students that had the best relationship in an elite boarding school. The four created the Musketeer Code – the rule that did not allow anyone among them to have a steady girlfriend, but any kind of scandals was welcomed to be shared with the others.

Until that rule was broken… and a psychotic chick sparked a tragedy that would haunt their lives. Then — <<less

An antique shop “BEAR” operates late at night. Each item sold there has its own particular significance. Once you step into the shop, you will... more>> find yourself in another world that is as beautiful as a dream. You are enticed there by a mysterious owner. What kind of terrors are trapped in those products is something to look forward to once you have read it. <<less

A newlywed couple are mu*dered in their bridal chamber on their wedding night leads to open fighting between Ouyang and Sima Manors. Amazing Constable Shen Ying personally takes on the case.... more>>

A gold hairpin holds the key to finally exposing the truth of this mu*der case…

The Bloody Bridal Chamber is Book #4 of Hong Kong author Ximen Ding’s Amazing Hawk Constables wuxia mystery series. <<less

Physically confronting your abusive superior might be cool and satisfying when it happens in a drama, but, as Kazuo Sugishita is learning, it's less cool when you're sitting at home afterwards, terrified to learn how you'll be punished when you return to work the next day. The sentence he faces sounds surprisingly lenient - just a temporary reassignment to the company's entertainment department while things blow over. But he changes his mind when he gets the specifics: Kazuo has been assigned as manager-in-training (read "servant") to Shiro Hoshizono, the "Star Watcher": A pompous, showoff-y, completely insufferable talent with no actual talents except using his sickeningly sweet words and foreign model looks to seduce lonely middle... more>> aged women into paying for the privilege of hearing him speak.

The day after his new assignment, Kazuo and Hoshizono leave for Saitama Prefecture, where Hoshizono has been recruited to become an image character for a campground in the mountains, alongside a group of other colorful characters, including a romance novelist with the looks of Cleopatra but the personality of someone's grandpa and a UFO obsessed conspiracy theorist.

But the morning after their arrival, their host is found strangled to death in his lodge, the road back is buried in an avalanche, and... you can probably see where this is going.

Turns out, despite how he comes across normally, Hoshizono is actually a genius detective!

The novel features a unique chapter naming scheme where each chapter is titled as a three to four sentence summary of its own contents, focused upon what information about the case is discovered and what evidence appears, for ease of reference.

A nominee for the 50th annual Mystery Writers Association of Japan Award, long story category. <<less

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the gaming industry has seen an explosion in popularity. One of the most popular games ever released is Mystery Maker, a VR RPG where players can create baffling puzzles in a virtual space and challenge other players to solve them.... more>>

As a promotional stunt for the game's upcoming sequel, eight real life great detectives have been hand chosen by Kurata Chikage, executive director of MegalodonSoft, to challenge each other to a match in a demo of Mystery Maker 2. Among them are Kamo Touma, a magazine contributor well known for his investigative work overturning false convictions, and his wife's cousin Ryuuzen Yuki, a recently debuted mystery novelist.

However, on the day of the demo event, the detectives are all drugged. When they awaken, they find their smartwatches are locked to their wrists and they are shown videos of their families and loved ones being held hostage. They are contacted by a Gamemaster, who tells them that if they wish to save themselves and their families, they must play a death game called "Delicious Death for Detectives".

As scheduled, the eight of them will play Mystery Maker 2's demo, and the Detectives will challenge the mu*der puzzles created by the mu*derer. If the Detectives are not able to reveal the mu*derer and their tricks before the time limit, all players will be killed. However, if the mu*derer is exposed, both they and their hostages will be killed. And if a Detective makes an accusation but gets even the tiniest detail wrong, they will be mu*dered by the Gamemaster's secret accomplice, the Executioner.

Now the only way for the eight detectives to survive is to expose the mu*derer and Executioner lurking among them, even if they must risk their lives and those of their compatriots to do so.

Which is an especially big problem for Kamo, because he's the one who's been chosen as the mu*derer! <<less