Trepanation is the procedure of drilling a hole in the skull. It is said to increase the blood circulation and improve pressure inside the skull. It is also said to bring out a person's sixth sense, the ability to use ESP, see ghosts, move objects with one's mind. This is speculative fiction based on the concept of trepanation.

The Secret Stairs is a supernatural story set at a girls' boarding school. It focuses on friendship between girls.

From Echochi Scans: One day, Souichirou met a mysterious guy at bar he frequents. The first thing that guy told him was, “You look like you’re about to die”. Souichirou, however, did not find that the least bit amusing and brushed it off easily. Until his first encounter with danger and then everything started to spiral out of control…

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Chao, a wheelchair-bound little boy, is excited to be finally going to school to make friends with people his own age! But when he gets to his homeroom, the weirdness begins. Reality is warped and the children slowly realize that their teacher is a monster in disguise. This monster teacher is capable of inflicting a horrible punishment on students that are unable to answer his question about punctuation. Will any of the students be able to discover the answer before it is too late?

A demon exterminator that was sent there to the school by the secret organization known as "Ark, her crest reacted to the main character as someone compatible to become a fusion type fighter, one things leads to another and they battle an enemy, This is a one shot that never became a series.

The year is 1916. Saya and Hagi are entrusted with their first mission in Russia at the turn of the 20th century. The grand battle between Men and Chiropterans ensues in the Romanov Imperial court on the night before the Revolution!

Sae is in love with her senpai, Hitomi. When the time came to actually confess to her, however, she instead blurted out a ridiculous lie about being an alien. How will Sae correct her mistake, and what future is in store for the two?

Amano fell in love for the first time while comforting her first love in a dark garden bathed in moonlight. She was a little girl and he was an older boy back then. She never saw him again after that fateful night. But after twelve years had passed, she sees him again in the same moonlight-bathed garden and he hasn’t changed one bit!

From Mohiro Kitoh, the author of Narutaru and Bokurano, comes this wonderful collection of short stories that reinforces his reputation as a skillful story teller. Spanning almost 20 years of the artist’s career—from his professional debut work Zansho to his latest contribution to IKKI magazine Pochi no basho—this collected volume offers a unique view of Kitoh’s artistic development. Included are such stories like Pochi's Place.

Yume Yume * You You is about Kagura Yume, a girl with a twin sister who hogs the spotlight. Yume feels inferior to her sister since she's smarter, prettier, and more popular than her. One day, while slacking off on her studies, Yume discovers a mysterious mirror that releases people from other worlds into hers! Yume must transform into a miko and save both worlds!

He doesn't remember who he is, but he wanders the European nobility in search of the truth. On nights of the full moon, he thirsts for blood and the human memories they contain, hoping to reclaim his own.

Children have been disappearing mysteriously and it has been a major concern to many parents. One parent is found wandering about the streets asking people if they've ever heard of the swallow that cries at night. A waitress who works at a bar guides her to the bar and allows her to discuss her situation. In the bar, the waitress, a bartender, and a little girl listen. Once she has finished talking, she leaves. Now all the waitress and bartender has to do is wait. The little girl disappears from the bar and she appears on the streets. She finds and traces the girl in question and follows her to discover...?

Chapter 1-4: Droplets of Desire ~ Pg. 8-156 “I’ll drown you in ecstasy—“ promised the dangerously charismatic and sexy infirmary doctor, Kokuyo, as he took Yuzuru’s body! Unable to resist or escape, Yuzuru thought he’s afraid of Kokuyo… until he was embraced by him… To Yuzuru’s surprise, it reminded him ofthe affection he used to experienced as a child…!? (From Fantasyshrine) Chapter 5: Droplets of Desire ~ Pg. 159-174 About Shirogane and Okamoto Chapter 6: Shirogane x Okamoto JEALOUSY ~ Pg. 177-178 Chapter 7: Shirogane x Okamoto PROPOSAL ~ Pg. 179 Chapter 8: Epilogue ~ Pg 181-184

Kyouji is a Buddhist exorcist, and although he can't see ghosts, his best friend and lover, Yu, can! Maybe they'd go all the way if Yu's incredible supernatural strength could be held in check. How can a steamy, sexy relationship survive such obstacles? Story and art by Row Takakura. from media blasters

From Viz: Kamui Shiro is a young man who was born with the power to decide the fate of the Earth itself--a destiny he can barely bring himself to believe. But as other players in the prophecy begin to gather around him--the "Seven Seals," with the power to protect the Earth, and the "Seven Harbingers," who are fated to destroy it--he has no choice but to come to terms with his fate. Note: Re-released under the title X/1999.

From Storm in Heaven: Koizumi Kanna is infatuated with the man who came to the restaurant she works at and ordered a burger with no onions. Little does she know, Toujou Ren is interested in her as well, but for a different reason. Kanna just so happens to be the mirror image of a woman he knew a very long time ago. It is for that reason that he saves her when she nearly dies in a car accident. But the life he gives Kanna is far different from the one she lived before, and she's not certain it's the kind she wants...

After cleaning the science lab at school, Kazuko Yoshiyama unexpectedly discovers she has the ability to jump back and forth through time.

From Viz: Yomiko Readman's love for literature goes far beyond any run-of-the-mill bookworm's! In fact, she has a supernatural ability to manipulate paper in the most amazing ways. From turning a tiny scrap into a lethal throwing dagger to making a single sheet hard enough to block bullets, she's only limited by her imagination. She uses her phenomenal power to seek out legendary books containing secret information that, in the wrong hands, could be dangerous. Backed by a Special Operations Division in England, Yomiko has her hands full battling evildoers, saving the world, and trying to find time to curl up with a good book.

[From Shoujo Magic]: This is a shoujo horror anthology, containing 9 stories. 1) I Know Basketgore After loving Shouhei ever since her second year of middle school, Natsumi finally gets to go out with him.But then she starts getting prank calls telling her to break up with him.Then mysterious things start happening around her. Pots falling from windows, insects in her locker, glass shards in her towel. Are these just harmless pranks, or is someone truely out to get Natsumi? 2) Labyrinth Maze of Memories "Forgive me!Don't kill me" Those are the words Honjou Kumi continues to hear in her nightmares.She lost all of her memories of the time before her accident, so she doesn't understand why the students stare at her and whisper.Pranks are pulled on her left and right.What is it that she doesn't remember? 3) Best Friend Koyuki and Hiroyo are the best of friends.They've always chosen to be with each other.Hiroyo always listens to what Koyuki tells her to do, because she knows best.So when Kinoshita says that he's in love with Hiroyo, Koyuki doesn't believe him.She says the only way she will believe him is to go to the lecture room at 5:55pm to see the bleeding holy mother statue.Hiroyo tries to stop him, causing all three of them to see it.According to the rumor all the people who see the bleeding statue will all die.Things start happening, causing Hiroyo to be frightened.But only she is targeted.Could it be that Koyuki and Kinoshita are out to get her? 4) The Neighbor's Doll Itsumi finds her neighbor, Yurika's, doll in the trash, so she decides to adopt it.She sets it out onto the balcony to dry and Yurika notices it there. She gets jealous because now it's all clean and cute.She gets her mother to get it back saying that it was thrown away by accident.After getting the dye on her shirt she says she only wanted it back so Itsumi couldn't have it.In the morning, the doll is sitting at Itsumi's door.However, Yurika claims she didn't put it there... 5) Black Cat Sakura is a timid girl,unable to say no, so when she sees two classmates throwing rocks at a cat, she wants to stop them but can't.They tell her to join in or they'll tell everyone to ignore her.she throws a rock at the cat and runs away, hating herself for it.she goes back to check on the cat to find it dead from the rock she threw.An old lady tells her that the cat won't be able to rest in peace.Strange things start to happen around her, and the two other girls are dead, so will she end up dead too? 6) Former Residents of Darkness Mihara Yuna and her family just moved into their new home.Not soon after she notices a figure standing in the doorway and she feels a cool gust of air,but the air conditioner isn't set up and it's the beginning of summer.Her father has started feeling unwell.She starts seeing the white shadow turning up in other places.And she hears voices saying to get out.Soon she hears from the real estate agent that the house is haunted that the whole family died in that house on the 29th of July.Any family that moved in died, and the day they moved in was July 28th. 7) Last Request Mikoto and her childhood friend,Yamato are staying at her grandfather's temple which they use as a hostel.In Mikoto's room, she finds a doll.She is told that the doll is that of a dead child. She then prays for the child. She is woken up in the middle of the night by Ayano, the dead girl, asking for water.Then she continues to ask for more and more, gaining everything she wants.But then she wants Mikoto's life. Will she give it to Ayano? 8) If You Turn The Page Emiri finds the notebook of her decease mother in her study, and decides to write horror in it.But then the events that she wrote about start happening around her.She knows she must stop writing in the notebook, but suddenly her arm is taken over and forcing her to write.People around her are starting to die, but how can she stop it? 9) Red String Mayumi says that the red string tyed to her pinky is attached to her life long partner, Yuuya.And then, Yuuya is hit by a car at in intersection. But has the red string really been cut?

From Del Rey: Lucia is the new girl at school. She and her sister run a public bath that's all the rage. When Lucia meets a terrific-looking surfer boy, Kaito, she starts to think if he's the dream boy she was looking for that she met a few years ago. There's just one little problem: Lucia is a mermaid-not just any mermaid, but a princess on an important mission to save the seven seas from an evil force bent on taking control of the marine world. Such a responsibility doesn't leave much time for romance. But Lucia vows to protect her world and win the heart of handsome Kaito

Makise Ryo, the student president of a catholic school, seems to be liked and admired by everybody, including his cute little brother even if the latter is somehow jealous of his older sibling. When Ryo gets abducted by delinquents from his school who wanted to "teach him a lesson";he's saved by a mysterious student. Gunta didn't help him out of sympathy but "just because they woke him up". Later, Ryo meets him again & weird things start to happen...

From Dragon Voice Project: The word "Lore" means rumors, urban legends. That is, stories spread by word of mouth. The only ones who can reach "The Forest of Lore," a site that collects these stories, are the invited and all who have anything to do with this mys-terious site are visited by misfortune. Eiko, after getting lost in the Forest of Lore, is now looking to see if there are any rumors about her school... Are they real, or are they fake?

A girl asks a vampire to be his apprentice. But what is her motive?