Centered on a female fortune-teller rumored to influence politics from the shadows and the reporters investigating the case, the story unfolds into a disturbing mystery tied to an old song. It is a mystery that blends eerie atmosphere with social tension in the style of the Yokomizo Seishi Award.

A mystery tied to the seventh-birthday celebration song deepens the darkness around the case.

Published as a candidate for the Yokomizo Seishi Award, this short piece quietly traces the sealed atmosphere and the scent of the past suggested by the title ‘Farewell to the Grape House.’ The memories of the house and the relationships among its people gradually gather shade.

It says a quiet farewell to the memory of the grape house.

Published as a candidate for the Yokomizo Seishi Award, this short piece follows the way a chain of beliefs and memories can bind human action, as suggested by the title ‘Genealogy of Thoughts.’ It leaves behind a quiet sense of pressure.

Each time the thoughts connect, the shadow of the past deepens.

Published as a candidate for the Yokomizo Seishi Award, this short piece quietly depicts the heat and intensity of an ending suggested by the title ‘Burning Red in the Evening Glow.’ The deep colors before sunset remain as a lingering afterimage.

The red of dusk reflects the heat of an ending exactly as it is.