魍魎の匣 is a work by 京極夏彦.

魍魎の匣, a work by 京極夏彦.

ソリトンの悪魔 is a work by 梅原克文.

ソリトンの悪魔, a work by 梅原克文.

This short-story collection centers on a man with a compulsion to count everything he sees, tracing a solitary character's cold gaze upon society and the unease beneath ordinary life. In the title story, his fixation on numbers shapes both his actions and the way he sees the world.

The gaze of a man who cannot stop counting gives everyday scenes an unsettling edge.