My translation of The Labyrinth House Murders (Yukito AYATSUJI) was released three weeks ago in the UK by Pushkin Press . I hope the people...

I probably mentioned it earlier on this blog, but today's finally the day: this is the day Pushkin Press is releasing my English transla...

Back in November, I announced Pushkin Press would be publishing my translation of AYATSUJI Yukito 's The Mill House House Murders , at t...

Better make an announcement in advance, before I am too late... Two years ago, Pushkin Press re-released The Decagon House Murders , a sligh...

Five years ago, Locked Room International released The Decagon House Murders , my translation of Ayatsuji 's monumental 1987 novel Jukka...

「人生は仮面舞踏会みたいなもんだ。男も女もみんな仮面をかぶっ​て生きている」 『仮面舞踏会』（横溝正史） " Life is like a masked ball. All men and women live their lives wearing ma...

Hmm, in hindsight, I kinda wrote all I wanted to write on the topic in the announcement of this announcement , so maybe you should read that...

No quotes as an introduction? A post title that isn't a reference? Yes, this is one of those rare service announcements on the blog. Pri...

Another Rebuild post, which serves as an introduction post to some of the longer series I discuss here. Links to all related reviews, short...

" All the world's a stage " " As you like it " No, I don't have an Ayatsuji Yukito quotum for this month. R...

“Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear" Edgar Allan Poe Having survived a summer in both Fukuoka and Kyoto, ...

君のいない未来がただ大きな闇に見え死んでしまえば生きなくていい  そんな事ばかり考えてた穏やかな月明かりに 『Holy Ground』 (Garnet Crow) A future without you is covered with darkness, so...

" One morning, in cool blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; - hung it with the tears streaming f...

「時の流れには逆らえず色褪せてゆく想いもあり それでもさめざめ流れてく涙はちょっといいもんじゃない」 『As the Dew』 (Garnet Crow) "Not able to go against the flow of time, these ...

「誰よりずっと傷付きやすい君の そばにいたい今度はきっと」 『Time after Time ～花舞う町で～』 (倉木麻衣) You are more easily hurt than anyone else I want to be at your sid...