Le théâtre

A collection of short stories. Note that the vast majority of these stories contain heterosexual romance themes. A few stories explore transgender issues, but it's a stretch to call them shounen-ai or BL romances. This series demographic is josei. **Le théâtre de A** 1. *Œufs d'ange - Tenshi no Tamago* A man is asked by a young painter to be her model. 2. *Velvet Going Underground* A doll becomes a super idol. Hijinks ensue. 3. *Childhood's End* Alastair runs away and meets the Rabbit. 4. *Bite Me Something* Allistaire followed Mr. Rabbit all the way to Wonderland. Will he be able to find him among the crowd? 5. *Long Along Alonging* A girl asks a vampire to be his apprentice. But what is her motive? 6. *Till Dawn* In a dark tower, a caged voice is singing until a hunted man enters the darkness. 7. *Leçon un* Sequel to *Long Along Alonging*. 8. *My Skin on My Back* 9. *Highland Walker* Sequel to *Leçon un*. 10. *Perfect World* The story of a young wife whose husband is infected with a fatal disease called Flower-Blossomitis. 11. *Perfect Lady* Sequel to *Perfect World* and drawn especially for this book. 12-13. *Looks Like a Teaspoon* A boy named Allistaire is often teased at his all-boys school. One night he dresses like a girl and stumbles upon the boy who often bullies him, Simon. Allistaire runs off into a tower and as Simon runs after him, we see the sign "Welcome to Wonderland" hanging by the tower's door. 14. *The Pearl Blue Story* Do you believe in mermaids? Coggy, a young boy finds a mysterious lady lying down near the shore of the beach. He brings her home to help her. 15. *I Am a Piano* A piano tells the story of her life and the people she encounters. 16. *Parade* **Le théâtre de B** 1. *Noël* A short story about a holiday romance. 2. *Teddy Bear Satsujin Jiken* (The Teddy Bear Murder Case) Four murders have taken place at an all-girls school. Lying beside each of the victims was a teddy bear with one missing limb. 3. *Yonshimai Satsujin Jiken* (Four Sisters Murder Case) 4. *A is for Alice* Alastair, a grown man, is off to follow the Rabbit once again to return to Wonderland. 5. *Nedai no Musume Atelier no Musume* (The Bedroom Girl, The Sculpture Room Girl) A story about a girl on her deathbed finding another chance in life in the body of a doll. 6. *B&W* (Black&White) A story about a boy waiting for his sister. 7. *Le Jardin du thé* (The Tea Garden) A mysterious story about a poor young man who orders a kind of tea called Huan Ying – “The Illusion”. 8-9. *Free Fitting for Her* A priest and his captured vampire must save a naive and selfish young girl from the murderous desires of a Lolicon. But perhaps this girl isn't all that she seems. 10. *Rose Dusk, Pale Moon* 11. *Hello, My Sister* 12. *The Happy Prince* 13. *Welcome to Wonderland* Simon, Alastair's old classmate, is now a grown man who bumps into his childhood Wonderland traveller.