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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 08/09/2026

Finished the first part of Offering to the Void by Nakai Hideo. Finally reading one of the Big Three (/Four) after Seiryouin's Joker pelted me with nonstop references to them. More than ever I have no clue where the mystery is going, but the characters and dialogue in this book are impeccable.

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Volt McVolt @voltmcvolt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

voltmcvolt.blogspot.com/2026/08/ther... I couldn't stop thinking about this novel since yesterday, so here is my review of The Labyrinth House Murders, the third entry of the House Murders series by Yukito Ayatsuji. I hope one day I write a mystery half as good as this one.

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zapruder film expat @kimoi.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Eating to live. Living to eat. OMOPHAGIA / CORPSETALK — Dual-Ego Serenade Out tomorrow, 3:00 PM EDT. Releasing in both .pdf and .epub files on the website itch.io.

anime girl with a dried nosebleed, looking injured yet smiling.

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 19/07/2026

Been a while since I posted anything, sorry about that. Life has kept me way too busy lately, but here is a simple little piece of Nikagami I did recently.

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Volt McVolt @voltmcvolt.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

voltmcvolt.blogspot.com/2026/07/this... Since I am now moving to this account, here is something to debut myself with: A blogpost in which I barely talk about Fritz the Cat, the movie by Ralph Bakshi. Hope you enjoy it.

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This Post is Not About Fritz the Cat

There will be spoilers for Fritz the Cat. Regarding the previous spoiler tag: No, this post is not really about the movie, but I will tal...

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 26/05/2026

stephenmpierce.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/s... Stephen M. Pierce reviewed Vallachia vol. 2, thank you so much! I love to see this kind of thing (he also reviewed volume 1 and I should have probably said something about that too but I kinda forgot I have social media and I can use it sorry thank you)

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Sunset Vallachia: The 2nd Night

It’s easy to see why Twilight took off. Vampires are the sexiest type of monster, right? You kind of have to be a furry to get the appeal of werewolves, Frankenstein’s monster is canonically ugly, …

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 01/04/2026

Epub is up now, sorry for the delay. bsky.app/profile/genm...

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 31/03/2026

The second installment of Sunset Vallachia, the vampire locked room mystery series, is out now! You can read it here: genmajou.com/works/sunset...

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twog @imtwog.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

[TL Release] I'm glad to announce the release of my English TL for the all-ages 2010 horror Visual Novel "The Dark Room", a.k.a Kurai Heya. Written by Setoguchi Ren'ya (under a penname), it's a harrowing domestic horror story told via a series of police testimonies. amenowoto.blog/blog/2026-03...

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[TL Patch Release] The Dark Room (Kurai Heya/暗い部屋)

Translation of the obscure VN Kurai Heya, by Karabe Yousuke (Setoguchi Ren'ya).

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 28/03/2026

Color illustration number 2. SV Volume 2 coming out on the 31st, look forward to it!

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zapruder film expat @kimoi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

i've been working for almost a year on my novel OMOPHAGIA/CORPSETALK and with the text semi-finished, all that's needed now is some help funding the illustrations done by my good friend matth just around 700 usd, enough so it can be released "pay what you want" late may ko-fi.com/kimoi/goal?g=0

prototype cover done by @matthaidi.bsky.social

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 19/03/2026

Color illustration number 1 from Sunset Vallachia The 2nd Night. Releasing at the end of the month!

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 06/03/2026

Character page for the new book. Quite a bit more crowded than last time. It'll be rough fitting descriptions in here.

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 27/02/2026

Last character to share from the new volume Dolly Penumbra, enigmatic guest

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 25/02/2026

Even more characters from Sunset Vallachia vol. 2 Craven Nevermore, vagrant vampire, and Nosferius Wisborg, servant of the manor

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 24/02/2026

More characters from Sunset Vallachia vol. 2 Jackal V. V. Brooks, loan shark, and Zamira Zamirage, fallen queen.

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 21/02/2026

Vampire brothers Cycasin and Origin Glib, from Sunset Vallachia vol. 2

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 20/02/2026

After many unfortunate delays, I'll make it official. Sunset Vallachia vol. 2 is coming out this March! It follows runaway vampires Vio and Rafflesia as they are invited to a meeting of influential bloodsuckers where the seemingly impossible happens: the immortals start dying.

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andy @yorupei.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

got commissioned to draw this silly comic. thanks!! @callgespenst.bsky.social #vgencomm #tsukihime

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 26/12/2025

Hope everyone had happy holidays. I wanted to get SV2 out this year but sadly I've been too busy with other stuff to manage it, hopefully next January. Anyway, I wrote a big post yapping about my favorite mysteries this year, check it out if you want: genmajou.com/posts/blog/0...

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 21/11/2025

Sunset Vallachia -The 2nd Night- Second installment of the vampire locked room mystery series coming soon. Here's the cover art.

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween. Volume 2 of the vampire mystery novel series is coming soon. Here's a little blurb:

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 12/09/2025

New short story announcement! "The Last Stage of Agave's Dance" In which five knights of a secret order gather in an empty castle and wait for their missing master, only for a series of brutal locked room murders to begin. Check it out: genmajou.com/works/agave

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 19/07/2025

long time no see. here's an original jojo girl #jojo

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 01/05/2025

It's up now btw, sorry for the tardiness on that

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 01/05/2025

My new mystery short story, "Samsara, or the War Pigs' Feast", is out. It's about a seemingly impossible attack on a warring nation, and an enigmatic death row prisoner that appears to know its secrets. Check it out! genmajou.com/works/war-pigs

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 18/03/2025

NEW STORY ANNOUNCEMENT! "Samsara, or the War Pigs' Feast" It's a ~50 page locked room mystery about an impossible attack on a country locked in battle, and a treasonous prisoner that seemingly knows its secrets.

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 12/03/2025

New post. You can read my stuff directly on the site now. New stuff coming soon too. Definitely April if not March. genmajou.com/posts/news/0...

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Web Reader is Complete!

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★ winnie ★ @winonaparadise.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

ushiromiya battler is the guy at the party being like "tarot cards are so stupid" and then when he gets a reading that's essentially "you feel sad sometimes" he goes fuuuuuck maybe it's real fuuuuuck

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 15/02/2025

I just realized it's been a whole year since I put out Chocolate Insomnia. It is the first thing I ever properly released, so I can't help but look back fondly on it. You can now find the download on my website: genmajou.com/works/chocol...

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 24/01/2025

messy sketch of Grin Barleycorn and Cheshire from Yamaguchi Masaya's Death of the Living Dead, one of my favorite mystery novels.

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 22/01/2025

happy to announce I worked on the new cover for @zepfr.bsky.social's Bunraku Noir. look forward to seeing it whenever it comes out physically.

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 18/01/2025

名探偵・三途川理

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 12/01/2025

Shizuka Joestar (16) and Achtung Baby

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 01/01/2025

Bit late for where I am but happy new year. Been a good one, all in all. Here's hoping I get to both read and write a lot more stories this year.

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DWaM @dwam22.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

NEW BLOG POST: In which we talk about 'A Sonata for Summer and Winter', a dreamy closed circle mystery that leaves you with more questions than answers. But is also kind of great for doing it? lastlockedroom.github.io/posts/parziv...

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Apocalypse Now

There’s a big part of me that wants to call Yutaka Maya’s A Sonata for Summer and Winter (alternative title: Parzival) one of the greatest mystery novels I’ve ever read. But, while it’s good and certa...

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 29/12/2024

I've been reading The Man in Pirate's Island (海賊島事件) by Kadono Kouhei and enjoying it a lot, so here's a sloppy sketch of my favorite evil supermodel detectives Miral Kiral from the previous volume.

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 27/12/2024

Jojolands has been peak so far, here are some doodles

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 12/11/2024

new blog post "Sunset Vallachia Post-Mortem" genmajou.com/posts/blog/0...

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 02/11/2024

Vallachia Update: the EPUB is now available for download on the site. I've also upgraded the PDF (so now it properly embeds the fonts). Apologies for the delay, the calibre default EPUB conversion leaves much to be desired when it comes to books with many pictures.

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 31/10/2024

Happy Halloween! My vampire locked room mystery novel, Sunset Vallachia, is available now. genmajou.com/works/sunset...

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Genma496 @genmajou.com · 20/10/2024

Took a while, but my website is finally live! You can find the download links to my past work(s) there, as well as any future ones. Don't judge my web design skills too much. (The layout might be somewhat messed up on mobile devices, I'll fix it later, sorry about that.) genmajou.com

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