The Short Stories of Rampo Edogawa

Rampo Edogawa(1894 - 1965) was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction. He was a great admirer of Western mysteries. Especially, he loved Edgar Allan Poe and Rampo’s pen name was originated from Poe. He had a large number of jobs such as a library officer, teacher, sales person, news writer, trader and so on before he became a author. He moved 46 times and died in Tokyo. He is still well admired. The Edogawa Rampo Prize named after Edogawa Rampo.

This book contains three short stories written by Rampo Edogawa, "A DAYDREAM" "THE RING" and "TWINS".

A DAYDREAM
I am not sure if it was a daydream or real thing. It was a humid afternoon. I felt a warm wind on my hot cheek.
I don’t remember if I went there to do something or just to look around. I was walking on a long main street...

THE RING
A “Excuse me. I think we took the same train at the other day.”

B “Oh, yes. I remember it now. It was this line, right?”

A “It was a disastrous trip, wasn’t it? ”

B “Yes. It was! I didn’t know what to do.”...

TWINS
I have decided to talk about my secret, sir. The day of my death penalty has come closer. I would like to tell you what’s in my mind soon and I can stay in peace until the death penalty. I know it will be annoying for you but please spare some time for this pitiful death-row inmate...