• Rashomon: A houseless servant pits morality against survival in a post-apocalyptic world where thievery and the desecration of the dead are necessary for survival
• In a Grove: Conflicting statements and competing narratives call into question the notion of objective truth in a searing tale of rape and revenge
• Otomi's Virginity: Pride, honor and dignity are at stake when a young servant is confronted by an unexpected aggressor at her employer's abandoned house
• The Martyr: A pious Jesuit with a dark secret faces excommunication and death in 16th-century Japan, when Christianity was introduced and then banned by order of the Shogun

"Illustrator Philippe Nicloux's expressive brushwork manages to convey motion and force, especially in the hand-written sound effects, but without losing texture and detail, such as patterns of the shadow of leaves. Evidence of how he has studied both film and Japanese art forms come through in his work." —International Journal of Comic Art

Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story." Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him.

mkdeville is an author of graphic novels and comics whose works include Tropic of the Lamb, Virginia Hill: Diary of a Liberated Woman, and Rolling Riviera.

Philippe Nicloux is an artist and illustrator whose other works include Tropic of the Lamb, Terra Australis, Terra Doloris, and Babylone.