Traditional Chinese edition of Nochi no kousetsu hyaku monogatari - After the Fact: 100 strange tales from the Past. The third volume Strange tales from the Past." A group of people get together to tell stories of ghosts, evil spirits, and demons from the Edo period. The stories in this series can be read independently. The 3rd volume received the 130th Naoki Award (2003). In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
Natsuhiko Kyogoku ( 京極 夏彦Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.
Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume.
The first story about the mysterious island and a bunch of strangely behaved islanders who never disobey their master is the best with the finest planted suspense and plot twists. The second story and third story are also decent and neatly written, but they can't compare with the first story.