Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Discover Japan's dark genius of mystery in this collection of nine chilling tales by Edogawa Rampo, the master of psychological horror and suspense.

Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the quick tempo of the West but rich with the fantasy of the East. These nine bloodcurdling, chilling tales present a genre of literature largely unknown to readers outside Japan, including 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, Edogawa Rampo's stories found in Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination have enthralled Japanese readers since they were first published in 1956. Translated by James B. Harris with foreword by Patricia Welch, this book includes 9 illustrations alongisde these mystery stories:

• The Human Chair
• The Caterpillar
• Two Crippled Men
• The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture.