"Selected and introduced by Higashi Masao"--Cover.
Translated from the Japanese.
Secrets of the metropolis / Robert Weinberg -- Earthquakes, lightning, fire and father / Higashi Masao -- A bizarre reunion (Kikei na saikai) / Akutagawa Ryunosuke -- The diabolical tongue (Akuma no shita) / Murayama Kaita -- The face (Jinmensō) Tanizaki Jun'ichirō / Ghosts of the metropolis (Tokai no Yūki) Toyoshima Yoshio -- Doctor Mera's mysterious crimes (Mera hakase no fushigi na hanzai) / Edogawa Rampo, -- The Midsummer emissary (Fumizuki no shisha) / Minagawa Hiroko -- In thy shadow (Yōeiki) / Hisao Jūran -- Spider (Kumo) / Endō Shūsaku -- The talisman (Omamori) / Yamakawa Masao -- The arm (kataude) / Kawabata Yasunari -- Expunged by Yakumo (Yakumo ga koroshita) / Akae Baku -- A sinister spectre (Fuan no ritsuzō / Morohoshi Daijirō