The special issue of Manusya, Journal of Humanities on The Politics of Folklore in Asian Gothic, edited by Katarzyna Ancuta has been published. The issue contains five papers on topics related to Japanese, Taiwanese, Philippine, Malaysian and Thai literature and film, authored by our members Samantha Landau, Min-tser Lin, Jan Marvin A. Goh, Soumyarup Bhattacharjee, and Arthit Jiamrattanyoo as well as my introductory note. All the articles can be downloaded from the journal website below.