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TOKYOPOP presents Calling You, a unique, beautifully written, and truly unpredictable collection of three short stories.

Calling You: A girl creates a cell phone in her imagination, from which she can communicate with others.

Kiz.Kids: A young boy discovers his new friend has the power to heal others--and learns about true friendship and sacrifice... The healing power of love confronts the tragedy and horror of a deadly train accident.

Flower Song: A patient at a hospital finds a flower with the face of a girl, that hums a beautiful melody.

With heartbreaking pathos and brutal honesty, Calling You examines the hidden truths behind what makes us truly alive.

Morino is the strangest girl in school--how could she not be, given her obsession with brutal murders? And there are plenty of murders to grow obsessed with, as the town in which she lives is a magnet for serial killers. She and her schoolmate will go to any length to investigate the murders, even putting their own bodies on the line. And they don't want to stop the killers--Morino and her friend simply want to understand them.

This new edition contains the bonus novelette "Morino's Souvenir Photo."

The novel contains a series of six short stories about two high school students: a boy who remains unnamed until late in the story, and a girl named Yoru Morino. Both share a similar interest in gruesome murders.

Goth (Dark Type) - Morino finds a diary written by a serial killer. It describes a third victim that has yet to be discovered, so she and the narrator go to look at it. Morino then begins dressing like the third victim, and a few days later, sends a text message to the narrator, which reads only, "Help."

Wristcut (The Wristcut Incident) - Flashback to before Morino and the narrator were friends. After finding a doll with no hands in the science lab garbage can, the narrator breaks into the science teacher's house, convinced he has been the one cutting hands off people of all ages in the city. He then steals the teacher's hand collection, and plants evidence to suggest Morino was the one who stole them - because he wants Morino's hand, and the scar from when she cut her wrist.

Dog (Dog) - The narrator investigates a series of dog kidnappings after his sister discovers a pit filled with their bodies. A young girl and her pet dog have been plotting to defend themselves against her mother's abusive boyfriend.

Twins (Memories) - Morino has been having trouble sleeping, and is looking for a rope to put around her neck - the right rope will help her sleep. At the narrator's urging, she tells the story of how she and her twin sister, Yu, often pretended to be dead...until Yu accidentally hanged herself.

Grave (Soil) - Saeki spends all his free time gardening, digging holes to try to control his obsession with burying people alive. He's already given in once, and killed a young neighbor boy, drowning him in his coffin. Now he's snatched a high school girl off the street - according to her ID, her name is Yoru Morino.

Voice (Voice) - Natsumi's older sister was recently found chopped to pieces in an abandoned hospital. A few weeks later, a mysterious high school boy gives Natsumi a tape - a message from her sister, recorded just before she was murdered. If she wants the rest, she will have to come to the hospital, and allow him to murder her.

Two short novels, including the title story and Black Fairy Tale, plus a bonus short story. Summer is a simple story of a nine-year-old girl who dies while on summer vacation. While her youthful killers try to hide her body, she tells us the story--from the point of view of her dead body--of the children's attempt to get away with murder.

Black Fairy Tale is classic J-horror: a young girl loses an eye in an accident, but receives a transplant. Now she can see again, but what she sees out of her new left eye is the experiences and memories of its previous owner. Its previous deceased owner.

Contains:

• Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse
• Yuko
• Black Fairy Tale

Ten stories of horror and science fiction from Japan's hottest young author. In one story, the last man on Earth turns out to be a robot. In another story, a man builds a house from the bodies of his murder victims. There is also a deathtrap that takes a week to kill its victims. Haunted parks and airplanes held in the sky by the power of belief. And in the book's eponymous story, a man sees his girlfriend's corpse decompose... one Polaroid snapshot at a time! These are just a few of the stories by Otsuichi, Japan's master of dark fantasy.

Zoo Contains:

• Zoo
• In a Falling Airplane
• The White House in the Cold Forest
• Find the Blood!
• In a Park at Twlilight, a Long Time Ago
• Wardrobe
• Song of the Sunny Spot
• Kazari and Yoko
• SO-Far
• Words of God
• Seven Rooms

A stunning new collection of fiction inspired by the fantastic world of manga--and featuring artwork by the best in the business, including

"Outerholic," by NISIOISIN (illustrated by CLAMP): CLAMP fans everywhere will appreciate the original art in this tale excerpted from NISIOISIN's upcoming novel--set in the world of CLAMP's bestselling xxxHOLiC--about a woman compelled to choose disaster.

"F-sensei's Pocket," by Otsuichi (illustrated by Takeshi Obata): What would youdo if you could make all your dreams come true? Here's the story of a girl who is really very ordinary--until a bunch of magic gadgets suddenly blow onto her porch.

"Outlandos d'Amour," by Kouhei Kadono (illustrated by Ueda Hajime): For a boy who can make lightning strike, the only thing harder than learning how to control his powers is falling in love.

"The Garden of Sinners," by Kinoko Nasu (illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi [TYPE-MOON]): Too many young girls are flying and dying. It has to stop--and only Shiki can put an end to it.

"Drill Hole in My Brain," (Written and illustrated by Otaro Maijo): The ill-fated love story of a boy with a hole in his head and a girl with a horn on hers. It was great while it lasted, but the end of their affair just might mean the end of the world.

PLUS more illustrated stories, columns, interviews, and bonus features!

A brilliant anthology featuring manga-inspired fiction from today's best writers with artwork from top manga creators, including

"ECCO," by Tatsuhiko Takimoto (illustrated by D.K): Is life nothing but a cruel joke? One young rebel decides to find out.

"Jagdtiger," by Kouhei Kadono (illustrated by Ueda Hajime): She's a combat-ready synthetic human with a dangerous flaw: a heart.

"Where the Wind Blows," by Otsuichi (illustrated by Takeshi Obata): A newspaper from the future carries a very disturbing story for one particular woman: She will die by the hand of the man she loves.

"Magical Girl Risuka," by NISIOISIN (illustrated by Kinu Nishimura): She's a beautiful witch with magical powers that could change the world. And he's the boy who will give her a reason to do it.

"Gray-Colored Diet Coke" by Yûya Satô: He's nineteen, surrounded by morons, and desperate to escape his crummy part-time job. His best friend's plan worked great, but surely suicide can't be the only way out.