Set in a licensed quarter, this novel portrays people’s lives and burdens together with an atmosphere of the uncanny. The voices of women placed within history and the memory held by the place shape the story.

遊郭（さと）のはなし is an award-recognized 小説 by 長島槇子.

This unsettling novel depicts fear close to everyday life and the tremors of the human mind. With the texture of a ghost story, it quietly brings loneliness and attachment into view.

あちん is an award-recognized 小説 by 雀野日名子.

Beginning with strange events around a mysterious stone, the story follows shifting ties between a girl and the people around her. Later published as Ryuuganseki to Tadanaranu Musume, it mixes the uncanny with human feeling.

竜岩石 is an award-recognized 小説 by 勝山海百合.