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BK1 Ghost Story Grand Award びーけーわんかいだんたいしょう

Edition 7 (2009)

Ghost stories

Winners

16 people
大門剛明 grand prize

A work recorded as a grand-prize winner in a ghost-story award, framed around beauty and ugliness and directed toward the unease of emotion and bodily perception.

美醜記 is an award-winning work by 岩里藁人, attentive to memory and relationships beneath its subject matter.

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白石かおる excellence award

A work recorded as an excellence-prize winner in a ghost-story award, suggesting a tale of an old family house and the presence lingering in its carved transom.

本家の欄間 is an award-winning work by 沙木とも子, attentive to memory and relationships beneath its subject matter.

ghost storyhousememory
仲町六絵 excellence award

水晶橋ビルヂング presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

水晶橋ビルヂング is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

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石居椎 honorable mention

でいだら presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

でいだら is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

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影山影司 honorable mention

祟りちゃん presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

祟りちゃん is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

ghost storydeityshort-short fiction
烏本拓 honorable mention

波動 presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

波動 is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

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君島慧是 honorable mention

球体関節リナちゃん presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

球体関節リナちゃん is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

ghost storydollbody
国木映雪 honorable mention

ぼくと新しい神さま presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

ぼくと新しい神さま is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

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黒木あるじ honorable mention

おまもり presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

おまもり is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

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紺詠志 honorable mention

梨園のマネキン presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

梨園のマネキン is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

ghost storydollshort-short fiction
葉越晶 honorable mention

山羊の足 presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

山羊の足 is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

ghost storybodyshort-short fiction
ヒモロギヒロシ honorable mention

さらばマトリョーシカ presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

さらばマトリョーシカ is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

ghost storydollshort-short fiction
我妻俊樹 honorable mention

蛾 presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

蛾 is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

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小瀬朧 Enjoyed-it Award (Kamon Nanami selection)

冥福を祈る presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

冥福を祈る is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

ghost storymemoryshort-short fiction
小島モハ Enjoyed-it Award (Fukuzawa Tetsuzo selection)

柿をとる人 presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

柿をとる人 is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

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白縫いさや Enjoyed-it Award (Higashi Masao selection)

東の眠らない国 presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

東の眠らない国 is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

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