猫の泉 日影丈吉

いかにも本当にあったかのような状況設定（珍しい写真をとる主人公がフランスの奥地に迷い込む）。奇抜なアイデア（鐘の音の解読や洪水、逃げよ）。が生きている。外国の短編小説のような展開。著者はフランスの通であった。泉鏡花賞や探偵小説コンテストで受賞している。

 

The Daemon Lover ｂｙ Shirley Jackson

　　The protagonist looks for her groom, asking several people such as the superintendent, a newspaper dealer, a florist, and a shoeshine man, only to find at the end of the story that he seems to be with a girl without any proof. She sees “it, sitting very close to her, near the wall, its evil face alert, bright eyes watching her.” What is this? Is it a ghost?
　　 The ending was not worth the suspense the reader undergoes. Shirley seems to have avoided giving a better ending. Why does the bride go to the apartment so often? Why doesn’t she give up visiting it? Is Jamie so important for her? After all, he does not write, call, nor appear before her. He is such a nasty man. The story consists of too long a suspension and too abrupt and unsatisfactory ending.