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[joysilence]

Right, I've deleted the previous post following complaints. I've already shouted myself hoarse about members joining the community solely to pimp their own shoddy wares, so I've decided to axe my 'two strike' policy and just instantly ban everyone who spams here without asking. The abjection responsible for the last post has been relieved of her posting access.

Active, genuine members of the community are welcome to advertise here if they ask me first.

Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edogawa Rampo

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LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY hellbound_heart)

Edogawa Rampo (taken from the Japanese pronounciation of Edgar Allan Poe, no less) is widely-held to be one of Japan's very first mystery writers, combining his love of the decadent Western imagination and its bloodcurdling horrors, with a distinctly Japanese aesthetic and mode. His Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination contains a deeply engaging and alarming series of short stories, evidently influenced by Poe's word-torrents of terror but steadied with a very Eastern grasp on protocol, emotion, and propriety.

( it flashed again into Tokiyo's mind...a bloated creature slowly creeping along the dead branch of a gaunt tree on a dark night... )