Kuro Ju Ji Sanatorium

[Machine Translation] Black Cross Sanatorium welcomes patients of any gender, age, race, wealth, or social status. However, we do have one thing in common. Everyone here believes themselves to be a kind of vampire, a deformed being.... One morning, Professor Shogo Kajiwara woke up and realized he was insane, murdered a doctor he knew, and headed north. Nagiun Ryuji, a tuberculosis patient, was enchanted by a beautiful countess and sank into an overwhelming depths different from sleep. Mishka and Reina, twin siblings, suffering from hemorrhaging and abuse, murdered their mother and doctor. Their house became known as the "Vampire House. The Black Cross Sanatorium is where they gather. On Easter, something happens. This is a magnificent and flowing fantasy story that won the 9th Japan Science Fiction Newcomer Award.

黒十字サナトリウムは患者様の性別、年齢、人種、また資産や社会的地位など一切を問いません。けれども一つだけ共通点がございます。此処にいる方は、どなたも御自分を吸血鬼のたぐい、異形の存在だと思い込んでいらっしゃるのでした…。ある朝、目が覚めて自分が狂っていることに気づいた梶原章吾教授は、知人の医師を殺害し、北へ向かった。結核患者である凪雲龍司は美貌の伯爵夫人に魅せられ、眠りとは違う圧倒的な底へと沈みこんだ。ミシィカとレイナ、双子の兄妹は易出血症と虐待に悩み、母と主治医を殺害。その家はいつしか『吸血鬼屋敷』と呼ばれるようになった。そんな彼らが集う、黒十字サナトリウム。復活祭の日、何かが起こる-。第9回日本SF新人賞を受賞した、流麗かつ壮大な幻想譚。