The spine-chilling influence of Japanese horror cinema has taken hold in Western audiences with hit films like The Ring that are based on Japanese films adapted from classic manga stories. And the master of horror manga is Umezu Kazuo known as the “Stephen King of Japan,” with several of his stories being adapted to film and Dark Horse Manga is proud to bring his Scary Book horror anthology to Western readers for the first time. This first volume, Reflections, presents two feature length tales of terror. In “Mirror,” a narcissistic girl's reflection begins to take mean spirited command of her life; and in “Demon's Revenge,” a sadistic samurai master bent on seeking retribution for his son's injuries finds the tables of vengeance turned against him.

Two elementary school pupils, a girl named Marin and a boy named Satoru, fall in love and are blessed with a rather unorthodox child which happens to be a robot. This robot is called Shingo and the story recounts how its mind develops and how it travels the world in pursuit of its ‘parents’ whom it has never had a chance to meet.

The four books contains five horror stories related to a primary school kid named Sou. Sou has an ability to foresee supernatural events in his dreams and even to make changes that will eventually happen in reality. The five stories are the Eroded Scissors, the Disappeared Rubber, the Tongue of the Spider Queen, the Black Picture-book, and Shadow Dead. All of the scary stories are linked by his unique experience.Spanish: Narración de los 5 horrores de un niño de primaria llamado Sou. Sou tiene la habilidad de prever eventos sobrenaturales en sus sueños e incluso cambiar ciertas cosas que cambiarán la realidad. Estas cinco historias son las Tijeras Oxidadas, el Borrador Borrado, la Lengua de la Reina Araña, el Libro Negro de Ilustraciones y Sombras del Pasado. Todas estas horrorificas historias estan unidas mediante esta única experiencia.

Izumi Wakakusa is a renowned actress obsessed with beauty. When a hideous mark shows up on her face, she suddenly disappears and gives birth to a little girl: Sakura.

Sakura is always pampered and overprotected by her mother, until the day that she discovers why she was born.

A series of dark, atmospheric stories that explore the twisted condition of the human soul, interconnected only by the enigmatic Orochi: a perpetually young-looking woman with mysterious abilities who takes it upon herself to observe the lives of different individuals who catch her fancy, from afar.

A SF/horror manga that takes place in 2200. At a chicken manufacturing company, a certain chicken transforms into a supermutant named Chicken George. And so, a nightmarish journey through a twisted version of the future unfolds.

From Viz:

Out of nowhere, a Japanese elementary school is transported out of the world they know, and into a nightmarish wasteland. Have they gone to another planet, or is this toxic world actually a vision of Earth's future? Soon, the students and teachers must struggle to survive in impossible conditions, besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by madness. Part Lord of the Flies, part post-apocalyptic science fiction, The Drifting Classroom (1972-1974) is a classic can't-put-down manga series. It was adapted into a Japanese live-action movie (1987).

It was awarded the 20th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1975.

From MangaHelpers:

Following the life of the student newspaper reporter Emiko, these are scary stories of experiences from Miyako High School :-

Ubawareta Shinzou (Stolen Heart) -- The school's mystery club sees the dangerous consequences of an innocent promise concerning heart donation after death between two friends.

Kyuuketsu Men (Bloodsucking Mask) -- A girl who wears a demon mask from a shrine for a bad-luck-banishing drama club party ends up unable to remove it.

Dokuga (Poison Moth) -- The science club leader creates a serum to preserve dead bodies perfectly, but it may have other unpredicted side effects.

Henshitsu -- A couple take shelter from a storm in a strange house with a secret that might prove to be deadly.

-- These stories and many more are found in the two volumes of Kyoufu. [tethysdust]