In Chang'an, the imperial capital of the Tang dynasty, a bizarre series of murders leaves corpses cut open in a cross pattern with their viscera removed. Is the killer eating the victims' hearts and livers? The investigation into a strange child slave called the Kunlun slave, who evokes an immortal from Daoist tales, leads into the depths of Daoist thought.

A historical traditional mystery that pursues serial grotesque murders in Tang-era Chang'an through the Kunlun slave and Daoist thought.

A short story where music and horror intersect through girls drawn to devil worship. Inspired by Black Sabbath, it portrays youthful confinement and precarious fervor with a blend of the uncanny and comic energy.

The fervor of girls drawn to forbidden sounds sends everyday life in an unsettling direction.

A work of literary criticism that rereads Japanese literature through crime fiction, defined by its portrayal of conflict between the individual and society through the criminal. It examines eighteen writers, including Haruhiko Oyabu, Rampo Edogawa, Seicho Matsumoto, and Miyuki Miyabe, tracing how crime fiction changed alongside Japanese society.

Literary criticism that explores the relationship between Japanese fiction and society through the keyword of crime.

Billy Summers, a hit man who never misses and accepts only targets he considers bad people, takes one final job before retirement. To shoot an imprisoned target during a transfer to court, Billy goes into hiding in a small town and begins living under the false identity of a novelist. But a sinister scheme lies behind the assignment, and his life of multiple identities begins to move in an unexpected direction. This novel combines the tension of crime fiction with a reflection on the act of writing stories.

A hit man posing as a novelist for one final job begins to write a story of his own.

Billy Summers, a hit man who never misses and accepts only targets he considers bad people, takes one final job before retirement. To shoot an imprisoned target during a transfer to court, Billy goes into hiding in a small town and begins living under the false identity of a novelist. But a sinister scheme lies behind the assignment, and his life of multiple identities begins to move in an unexpected direction. This novel combines the tension of crime fiction with a reflection on the act of writing stories.

A hit man posing as a novelist for one final job begins to write a story of his own.