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Dark Water

In Suzuki’s collection, Yoshimi and her daughter move into an apartment building with a missing-child mystery. Another story follows engineer Kazuo boarding an abandoned yacht.

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A haunting collection of short stories from Koji Suzuki, author of the smash thriller, Ring , which spawned the hit film and sequels. The first story in this collection has been adapted to film ( Dark Water , Walter Salles), and another, " Adrift " is currently in production with Dimension Films.

First published: 1996
Publisher: Vertical
Pages: 279
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Child Abuse
Child Harm
Domestic Violence

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Scary: Not rated
Creepy: Not rated
Gore: Not rated
Disturbing: Not rated
Weird: Not rated

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