Daytime Ghosts

by Joko Iwase

illus. by Kohei Ashino

The stories in this collection are all themed around ghost encounters, but they are not horror stories. The ghosts who appear to the children in these stories are all trying to offer love and support. In ‘Child of the Ocean’, a twin who died when she was a girl reveals herself to her now aged sister. ‘Confrontation’ tells the story of a mother and father trying to protect their child. All four ghost stories in this collection are tinged with sadness and humour and strangeness.

20 x 14 cm, 178 pages, Black-and-white illustrations
First published March 2023