The eleven stories included in this volume suggest the breadth of the author's literary production, ranging from parodies of classical Japanese literature to cosmopolitan avant-garde works, from quasi-autobiography to science fiction. Her subversive fiction defies established definitions of "literature", "Japan", "modernity", and "femininity" and represents an important intellectual aspect of modern Japanese women's literature.

Contents:

• An Extraterrestrial
• We Are Lovers
• The House of the Black Cat
• The Woman With the Flying Head
• The Trade
• The Witch Mask
• Spring Night Dreams
• The Passage of Dreams
• The Special Place
• Flower Abstraction
• The Long Passage of Dreams