Working Titlez » toilet paper book http://workingtitlez.com Book Publishing News and Resources for Authors Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:14:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Toilet Tales http://workingtitlez.com/2009/06/29/toilet-tales/ http://workingtitlez.com/2009/06/29/toilet-tales/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:00:44 +0000 carolynhayesuber http://workingtitlez.com/?p=1083 horror-tpWorking Titlez’s working mission is to deliver book industry news along with tips and resources for authors — and the not-at-all-shy brag about Stephens Press books and authors. This one clearly rates as book industry news — the word “book” being a bit questionable.

So, folks, the Japanese ARE ahead of the curve on this one. This is the same Japanese publishing industry that published more than one bestseller written entirely via text messages on a cell phone.

It seems Japanese child rearing includes tales of a monster that lives in toilet bowls, known to pounce on misbehaving little boys and girls. How this facilitates potty training is beyond me, but I digress.

Koji Suzuki, a writer considered the Stephen King of Japan,  received a commission from the Hayashi Paper Corporation for a horror story with a toilet-related theme. The tale, it turned out, was to be printed on a roll of toilet paper!

The nine-chapter novella that resulted, called Drop, tells of a nasty spirit who makes his home in a toilet.

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