[DeepL Translation - needs review] I stuck my finger in the hole in the hose and my whole body slipped inside. Since then, the more holes he has gone into, the more fulfilled he feels, the better he gets at his work, and everyone tells him that he is brighter. However, his life took a turn when he became obsessed with one hole. This collection includes the short story winner of the 18th Japan Horror Novel Award, which was highly acclaimed for its outstanding sense of humor, as well as four o...
Brilliantly absurd short stories with only a tiny hint of horror
The book won the 18th Japan Horror Award for the first short story. I should note that the author himself said he was surprised to find himself in the horror category, and I agree. There were some elements that could have been horror if they were treated differently, but the stories were basically brilliantly weird, with only a light touch of the unsettling.
This is the only book by the author as far as I can tell, and it shows in the relatively unpolished writing (although this also means it's