Japanese Tales Of Mystery And Imagination

Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination contains nine bloodcurdling tales that combine the quick tempo of Western writing with the rich with the fantasy of the East.

These tales include the strange story of a quadruple amputee and his perverse wife; the record of a man who creates a mysterious chamber of mirrors and discovers hidden pleasures within; the morbid confession of a maniac who envisions a career of foolproof "psychological" murders; and the bizarre tale of a chair-maker who buries himself inside an armchair and enjoys the sordid "loves" of the women who sit on his handiwork.

Lucid and packed with suspense, the stories of  Edogawa Rampo have enthralled Japanese readers for over half a century.

Mystery stories:

• The Human Chair
• The Psychological Test
• The Caterpillar
• The Cliff
• The Hell of Mirrors
• The Twins
• The Red Chamber 
• Two Crippled Men
• The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture

Translation

James B. Harris