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Demon's GateAuthor: Makino Shinichi
| Original Title | 鬼の門 |
|---|---|
| Author | 牧野 信一 |
| Genre | Modern Short Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In a secluded village forgotten by maps, a reclusive scholar loses himself in ancient tomes of demonology and magical history, decoding mythical creatures through etymological puzzles. His crumbling world—a labyrinth of dusty dictionaries and chivalric delusions—collides with the villagers’ primal dread of winter’s wrath: tempests that birth sky-rending whirlwinds and a spectral "Blizzard Man" said to devour solitary souls. As storms loom, the villagers anchor roofs with stones while their paranoid landlord schemes to exploit both land and neighbors. The scholar’s obsession blurs reality; armor-clad hallucinations and stolen sips of "Demon’s Nectar" propel him into phantom battles against cyclopean horrors. Yet when greed and superstition ignite chaos, he finds himself entangled in a living folktale—one where whispered legends of cursed witches and piratical demons bleed into a feverish dance of madness. Will his books shield him from the storm, or unravel his grip on a world where every gust carries the weight of damned histories? |
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