A train that should be the last one of the night continues running into the early morning, carrying passengers who may not be entirely alive. An office worker discovers that the overtime he dreads is not what it seems. A marriage ring holds a hidden, unsettling power. These are the kinds of everyday situations that quietly tip into the uncanny in Kaiki Taikendan, a collection of short stories by Yasuko Sakata. Each chapter presents a self-contained incident in which reality shifts just half a step sideways, turning the familiar into something faintly menacing yet tinged with a wry, comedic edge. The stories range from urban legends like the convenience-store ghost Hanako-san to domestic unease, such as a mother contemplating violence against an abusive father. The setting is contemporary Japan, and the cast changes with every tale: salarymen, students, brides-to-be, and ordinary people whose routines are disrupted by a single strange event. Rather than building a continuous narrative, the volume gathers disparate episodes that explore how fear and the bizarre can spring from the most commonplace surroundings. The tone balances a light, almost cartoonish art style with genuinely eerie moments, creating a short-form anthology that feels both mischievous and unsettling.