"Autumn in Arles" is a short mystery by Hideo Suzuki. Combining the lyricism suggested by its southern French title with the energy of postwar detective fiction, it belongs among the new writers' works associated with Bessatsu Hoseki.

This postwar mystery short story crosses an exotic title image with the devices of detective fiction.

A short mystery story by Inoue Tetsu. First appearing in a Bessatsu Hoseki newcomer issue and later anthologized, it centers on the mystery suggested by the act of digging a hole.

A short story that uses the puzzling act named in the title as a clue, letting the shape of an incident emerge from an everyday disturbance.

Shinken na Tawamure is a short detective story by Shosuke Yamagami selected for the Hoseki Award. The title's contrast between seriousness and play suggests danger hidden behind events that begin like a game.

A Hoseki Award short story in which something like play turns into a serious mystery.

"Mikan Mountain" is a short detective story by Taro Shiroie. Set against the local landscape of mandarin orange groves, it appears to build a mystery out of rural life and relationships rooted in the land.

This short mystery overlays the landscape of mandarin groves with local relationships and the shadow of an incident.

A classic puzzle mystery short story by Haruo Yamasawa. After a taxi plunges from a cliff on a moonless night, the death of a passenger whose face is wrapped in bandages leads into an intricate logical mystery.

The mystery is built from a bandaged corpse, a fall from a cliff, and the strange fact that the face beneath the bandages bears no wound.