xlvii, 241 pages ; 21 cm Includes bibliographical references Preface: Prescriptions for Rampomania / Tatsumi Takayuki -- Translator's introduction / Seth Jacobowitz. The stories. The daydream -- The Martian canals -- The appearance of Osei -- Poison weeds -- The stalker in the attic -- The air raid shelter -- Doctor Mera's mysterious crimes -- The dancing dwarf. The essays. The horrors of film -- Spectral voices -- A passion for lenses -- The phantom lord -- My love for the printed word -- Confessions of Rampo -- Fingerprint novels of the Meiji Era -- Dickens vs. Poe -- An eccentric idea -- A desire for transformation