Everyone just kept laughing, and I could only wipe away my tears, waiting for them to finish laughing. But as I waited, I gradually started to find it funny too. When I came to my senses, I realized that the leopard had somehow entered the house and was squatting among everyone, laughing along with them. This book features 41 short stories by Hyakuma Uchida, a master of fantasy literature and a pioneer of Japanese Cthulhu fiction. His writing straddles the line between reality and illusion, possessing a uniquely mysterious and austere modern aesthetic, precisely depicting vivid yet inexplicable dream worlds. These stories include not only the lurking everyday absurdities in his representative works "Shadow" and "The Leopard," but also "The Dwarf," which, through a half-dreaming experience in a hotel, offers a delicate gaze upon the darker side of the human psyche. The masterpiece "The Underworld" deeply captures the essence of his mentor Natsume Soseki's "Ten Nights of Dreams," fully expressing the hazy and profound nature of dreamscapes. Hyakuma Uchida never creates cheap frights, but rather weaves surreal microcosmic tales for readers with poetic and ethereal language. Opening this book is like opening a door to the labyrinth of the subconscious.
所有人只是一个劲儿地笑着，我只得擦干眼泪，想等他们笑完。可等着等着，我也渐渐地觉得可笑了起来。等回过神来一看，发现豹子已不知何时进到了屋内，正蹲在众人之间一起笑着呢。”本书精选收录了幻想文学大家、日式克苏鲁先驱内田百间的41则短篇小说。他的文字游走于现实与虚幻的边缘，自带一种幽玄而冷峻的现代美感，精准描摹了那些鲜明却又无法以常理解释的梦境世界。在这些故事里，不仅有同名代表作《影》与《豹》中潜伏的日常怪诞，还有《矮人》借由旅馆中半梦半醒的经历，对人类精神暗面进行的细腻凝视。名篇《冥途》 是深得恩师夏目漱石《梦十夜》的精髓，写尽了梦之光景的迷离与幽深。内田百间从不制造廉价的惊吓，而是用 诗意的空灵语言，为读者编织了一场场超现实的微观怪谈。翻开本书，便如同推开了一扇通往潜意识迷宫的门。
所有人只是一个劲儿地笑着，我只得擦干眼泪，想等他们笑完。可等着等着，我也渐渐地觉得可笑了起来。等回过神来一看，发现豹子已不知何时进到了屋内，正蹲在众人之间一起笑着呢。”本书精选收录了幻想文学大家、日式克苏鲁先驱内田百间的41则短篇小说。他的文字游走于现实与虚幻的边缘，自带一种幽玄而冷峻的现代美感，精准描摹了那些鲜明却又无法以常理解释的梦境世界。在这些故事里，不仅有同名代表作《影》与《豹》中潜伏的日常怪诞，还有《矮人》借由旅馆中半梦半醒的经历，对人类精神暗面进行的细腻凝视。名篇《冥途》 是深得恩师夏目漱石《梦十夜》的精髓，写尽了梦之光景的迷离与幽深。内田百间从不制造廉价的惊吓，而是用 诗意的空灵语言，为读者编织了一场场超现实的微观怪谈。翻开本书，便如同推开了一扇通往潜意识迷宫的门。
