Edogawa Rampo

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Nice cover art. I have only read one story by Rampo. The title is "The Human Chair" and it was selected by Harlan Ellison for the Book My Favorite Horror Story published by DAW Books in 2000. It was a good story. Thanks for the post.
 
I've only seen three stories by Edogawa Rampo and had no idea that he'd written a whole book's worth. The three I've read (all good) are "The Hell of Mirrors", "The Human Chair" and "The Caterpillar". All of them were included in anthologies edited by Peter Haining (one of them took "The Hell of Mirrors" as the anthology title). Of the three stories I've read, I think that "The Hell of Mirrors" is fairly definitely the best.
 
I'm aware that this thread has been abandoned for several years, but since I consider myself a fan of Rampo's work, I wanted to make a contribution.
I was fascinated by the collection "Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination" (published by Tuttle) – "The Human Chair" in particular.
I have just finished reading "Beast in the Shadows" (Penguin Books) and found out that they are releasing more of his crime fiction in their rather new "Penguin Crime" series.
"Beast in the Shadows" is a short and unsettling tale about a woman being stalked, and a crime author turned sleuth trying to protect her from another writer of grotesque fiction whom he believes is behind the stalking.
 
Thank you so much for nudging this post. I agree. Rampo is a virtuoso. Cadabra Records has done some impressive spoken word vinyls of his stories. Masterpieces.
 
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