This work is confirmed as an honorable mention in the 2012 Novel Grand Prize and as appearing in the January 2013 issue of Cobalt. Public information did not reveal evidence of standalone book publication; it is confirmed through prize records and author biographies.

An honorable-mention work in a Cobalt-related newcomer prize, published in a magazine with no confirmed standalone edition.

Raja, princess of the small desert kingdom of Bazi, suffers from an irresistible charm that makes unmarried men lose themselves and propose to her. Following a fairy tale about a princess with the same condition, she sets out on a journey and meets Shams, a taciturn young man apparently immune to her power.

A princess troubled by her overwhelming charm crosses the desert in pursuit of the curse's secret and a young man it cannot affect.

Fangyu, the daughter of a high official, is a spirited girl who causes commotion without realizing it. One day she becomes a jiangshi and attacks townspeople, but the Taoist practitioner Li tells her she is not dead, only placed in a deathlike state, and she begins searching for whoever transformed her.

A spirited young lady is turned into a jiangshi and pursues the culprit with a Taoist practitioner.