The Monster in the Dark

The works included in this collection belong to the early stage of Ranpo's creativity, which many researchers consider the most vivid, rich, and diverse. In the author's stories and novellas, the Western detective tradition — after all, the writer chose a pseudonym reminiscent of the name of the genre's founder, Edgar Allan Poe — intertwines with Japanese originality, while the scientific method of investigation collides with intuition. Fans of the genre will be drawn to Ranpo's texts by the intricately twisted intrigue, full of unpredictability of plot and completely unexpected endings, where events turn upside down not two, but even three times.