Shieihei is a military mystery short story by Renzo Sosha that won the Hoseki Award. It connects the extreme conditions of war and military life with the tension of detective fiction, and was later reintroduced in a collection of the author's military mysteries.

A military mystery where the closed atmosphere of army life meets the pressure of detection.

Arizuka is a short mystery by Toyozo Kawabe that received first-place recognition in the Hoseki Award. It is read as a romantically toned story built around a woman's choices amid an arranged marriage and uneasy human relations.

A compact story driven by the psychology of an arranged marriage and the shadow of incident.

Jojo no Satsujin is a short mystery published under the name Keiji Fukuda and selected as an honorable mention for the Hoseki Award. Its title foregrounds lyricism, suggesting a work concerned not only with a crime but with emotional disturbance around it.

A short mystery that places emotional tremors alongside the outline of a crime.

Kukadachi is an honorable-mention story for the Hoseki Award by Nobuo Kandori. The title evokes the ancient ordeal of boiling water, placing tension around guilt and truth within a mystery-fiction frame.

A short mystery that turns an archaic image of trial into narrative tension.

Hoshu wa Ichiwari is an early short mystery by Tadao Shono, the pen name used by Tadao Kusano. After its honorable mention in the Hoseki Award, it was later included in the paperback Kosasuru Sen, marking an early point in the author's mystery career.

An early short mystery shaped around reward, desire, and calculation.

Renkinjutsu is an honorable-mention Hoseki Award story by Shiro Aizu. Its title suggests transformation and desire, and the work was presented as a short mystery.

A Hoseki Award short mystery whose title suggests transformation and desire.