ABERRANT

PG-13, R

★2025 CCPA Best IP Awards (Honorable Mention)
★Rights Sold | Thai (Sataporn)

Blockbuster new work from the author of PTT Marvel board's million-view viral posts, a leading Taiwanese novelist in the thriller and horror genres.

Suspense

Mystery

Social realism

Information

Publisher

KADOKAWA TAIWAN CORPORATION

Publication Date

Feb, 2025

Volume/ Episode/ Chapter

1 (END)

Format

145x210mm/ 288 pages/ paperback

ISBN

978-626-41-5120-7

Introduction

Shao Pin has a habit of bringing home garbage bags discarded by women from the dump. Understanding others through their trash is his abnormal fetish. The garbage he receives from one girl contains severed female body parts. After the final body part – the head – appears, he discovers the corpse's face is identical to the girl who disposed of the body.

Selling Points

(1) Blockbuster new work from the author of PTT Marvel board's million-view viral posts; exclusive licensing of Parts 1 and 2 on the popular "MOJOIN" platform! Standalone edition includes brand-new bonus story "Welcome to Aberrant"!
(2) Successfully translated into Thai; received Honorable Mention in the Best IP Awards, Novel Category.

Awards& Ranking

(1) 2025 Best IP Awards – The Honorable Mention in the Novel Category

Rights Sold

Thai(Sataporn)

Author

Tan(路邊攤)

About the Author

Tan's Awards:
The Forest – Nominated for the TV Screenwriting Awards 2019.
Before Solving the Mystery, Please Insert Coin – Selection for the 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair
Chronicles of Relic Hauntings – Selection for the 2024 Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes “Shoot the Book! Cannes” program.

KADOKAWA TAIWAN CORPORATION

Angeline Chen (Rights Department Manager)
chen.angeline@kadokawa.com.tw

Preview

ABERRANT