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[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

“The Savage Mouth” by Komatsu Sakyou, which involves

Tap for spoilerA man eating himself in a locked hotel room and relishing every bite. Very body horror, much terrifying, cops rule it a homicide

Or “Cogwheels” by Ryuunosuke Akutagawa, which

Tap for spoilerends abruptly with the author’s real-world suicide. Story is the thinnest veneer of fiction, and at some point I think he just stopped writing a story and was trying therapy on a page, then gave the fuck up on everything.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Tap for autocannibalism, I guess