"Taka to Tobi" is an early short story by Shin Tendo that won first place in the Hoseki Short Story Prize. Later collected in Shinyuki, it shows the starting point of his light, surprising, and comic approach to mystery fiction.

An early prize-winning Shin Tendo story driven by humor and surprise.

"Aru Rogo" is a short story by Junpei Chiba that won first place in the 1963 Hoseki Short Story Prize. Later collected in Junpei Chiba Tantei Shosetsu-sen, it serves as an entry point to the work of a writer active for only a brief period and interested in locked-room devices.

A first-place Hoseki story by Junpei Chiba with a taste for locked-room mystery.

"Dotanba" is a detective short story by Mitsunobu Okuno that received an honorable mention in the 1963 Hoseki Short Story Prize. It is confirmed in prize records as a Hoseki magazine contest story, but no reliable bibliographic record was found for a standalone book or later collection.

An honorable-mention short story by Mitsunobu Okuno recorded from the Hoseki contest.

"Tsurubaa" is a short story by Eitaro Ishizawa that received an honorable mention in the 1963 Hoseki Short Story Prize. Later collected in Saraba Dairen, it draws on memories of Dalian in former Manchuria and sets postwar displacement within the tension of mystery fiction.

A prize-recognized Eitaro Ishizawa story set against memories of Dalian and postwar unease.