KWAIDAN JAPANESE GHOST STORIES | EP 3 | Audio Fiction

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Fitzmarbury Witches and Dark Tales by D. J. Swales

D. J. Swales

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Bestselling author D. J. Swales narrates his dark fiction—from ancient Carthage to cursed Parisian catacombs. Season 1: What Hides in the Dark, an unmissable 7-part show where an author confronts evil in Barbados. Season 2: The Demon Book. Discover Emeshmoon, a ruthless priestess of Baal, from doomed Carthage to savage Britain in 420 B.C. Also features the chilling Lions of Utica and suspenseful Paris: A Curse in the City of the Catacombs. For fans of Game of Thrones, The Witcher, and Penny Dreadful. Find his books on Kindle.

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KWAIDAN JAPANESE GHOST STORIES | EP 3 | Audio Fiction | Horror and Supernatural Folklore

Fitzmarbury Witches and Dark Tales by D. J. Swales

5 minutes 6 seconds

5 years ago

KWAIDAN JAPANESE GHOST STORIES | EP 3 | Audio Fiction | Horror and Supernatural Folklore

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KWAIDAN: STORIES AND STUDIES OF STRANGE THINGS

Listen as DJ Swales, author of BARATANAC, narrates this audio drama of personally selected Japanese ghost stories from Kwaidan. First published by Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn (Yakumo Koizumi) in 1904, Kwaidan is Japan’s most famous, widely read, and beloved collection of ghostly folklore and superstition.

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Inspired by Lafcadio's life and writings, DJ spent 6 months in Kumamoto City, Kyushu, while drafting two of his own upcoming dark fantasy and supernatural horror novels – The Golem of Nagasaki, and Radish. Kumamoto City was home to two of Japan's most notable writers – Lafcadio Hearn and Natsume Soseki, who was also an eminent haiku poet and former resident of London's Bloomsbury.

Lafcadio Hearn utterly embraced Japanese culture and became a naturalised citizen. DJ visited his old Samurai house many times – the only surviving example of its type in downtown Kumamoto. It is now a museum dedicated to the author's life. In 1964, filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi released his highly acclaimed Japanese horror movie, Kwaidan. The film was based on (and named after) Lafcadio Hearn's collected tales of Japanese folklore. Lafcadio's work saved many of these tales from being lost during Japan's rapid Meiji Restoration. Cover Art work: The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (Hyakki Yagyō) by Kawanabe Kyōsai.

Learn more about Lafcadio Hearn in this New Yorker article.

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