Abstract

Someone is calling you.
You cannot hear that voice.
I am at the bottom of dark water.
I am waiting for you in this dark and dangerous place.
I will appear before you in a different form. A very hideous figure.
You may lose your sanity when you see my terrifying appearance.
I am aiming for that to happen. ...I will tell you this.
Because that is the only thing I can do.
Please do not let the light go out.
(Excerpt from A Female Student's Ghost Story)

"Would you like to go hear a strange ghost story?" Invited by a colleague to an occult research club event, Karen Takayama's daily life began to be corroded by strange phenomena from the day she heard a certain ghost story. A strange damp noise echoing from the darkness, a foul smell like a sewer, sewage in the shape of footprints - Karen is driven to the brink by phenomena that seem to be a repeat of the "strange ghost story" she heard back then. Desperately seeking help, she turns to the duo from "Ashiya Paranormal Investigations"...

The work was highly praised by the judges and won the Sogen Horror Novel Award.

Author’s Information

Kazuki Kamijo
Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1992. Graduated from Waseda University. Currently working as a company employee and writing for the online media Omocoro under the name of Kamijo. Debuted with "Telepath of the Abyss"which won the Sogen Horror Novel Award.