Birthday

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This much-awaited return to the Ring universe features three short stories focusing on its female characters, with a theme of birth. An exploration of extraordinary circumstances from the perspectives of memorable women, Birthday is no mere sequel - as fans of Spiral and Loop should know.

Coffin in the Sky

Fast forward past the events of Ring. Ryuji Takayama's distraught lover, Mai Takano, is struggling in the wake of the professor's mysterious demise. Mai visits Ryuji's parents' house to look for the missing pages of his soon-to-be published article. There she is drawn to a curious videotape and a fate mor terrifying than Ryuji's.

Lemon Heart

Thirty years before the tragic events of Ring, Sadako Yamamura is an aspiring stage actress on the verge of her theatrical debut. The beautiful and ravishing Sadako is the object of desire of every male at the company including the director. There is one thespian she is interested in, but ...

Happy Birthday

Reiko Sugiura questions the purpose of bringing a child into a world where there is only death. She has already lost one son, and the father of her unborn child, Kaoru Futami, has disappeared in search of a cure to the deadly disease that threatens all life. Despite Kaoru's promise to meet again in two months, he has not returned. Despondent but driven for answers, Reiko is led to the Loop project, where she will discover the final truths of the Ring virus.

Koji Suzuki is based in Tokyo but spends most of his time traveling. An avid motorcyclist, an accomplished yachtsman, and a respected authority on child-rearing, Suzuki is at the vanguard of modern horror fiction writers.