A collection of short stories written to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the professional debut of Alice Arisugawa, a prolific mystery novelist and founder and first president of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. ... more>>

Each story was written by a different young author, using characters, settings, and concepts appearing in Arisugawa’s stories.

Featured stories:

Rope, Cable, Cord by Yugo Aosaki: The police ask professor of sociology and “Consulting Criminologist” Hideo Himura – and Himura in turn asks his friend, mystery novelist Alice Arisugawa – for assistance in an investigation. The victim of a robbery-mu*der is found, covered in marks due to having been bound by a rope, but no rope is left behind. Security camera footage shows that three people threw away objects that could have been used to tie her after the mu*der, but which of them was the culprit’s tool: the rope, the cable, or the cord?

Enclosed in Clothes by Michi Ichiho: Alice is asked by his neighbor Saori Mano, a teacher at an all-girls school, to help her with a problem. She is substituting as advisor to the Drama Club, and one of her students had her uniform stolen during club activities. The police can’t be involved due to the administration’s fear of scandal, so going to outside help is her only option. But even if they’re able to set foot on school grounds during the school festival, can two 34 year old men solve a case in the foreign land of a school for girls?

The Ghost Story Dedicated to Hideo Himua by Kyoya Origami: A fan of scary stories Alice met at a publishing event regales him and Himura with a series of true stories about horrifying events that happened to him. Himura and Alice attempt to come up with rational explanations for all his tales.

Black Mirror by Tomoyuki Shirai: The narrator, an arrogant yet neurotic man, is called out of the blue by an old college friend, Eiji Kagami, who will be in his area in a few months and wants to go out to eat. But at the meeting, Eiji behaves oddly, and the next day, the police call the narrator in for questioning. Eiji’s stepfather, a marriage fraudster who drove Eiji’s mother to su*cide, was mu*dered the day of their meeting, and the police suspect Eiji and his identical twin brother Koichi. But both brothers appear to have solid alibis…

The Man Who Read (And Disliked) Alice Arisugawa by Haruo Yuki: Mystery novelist Haruo Yuki is on a “research trip” (which he treats more like a paid vacation) to a small hot spring town in the mountains, where he meets a waitress with an unusual story: her cousin hates the works of Alice Arisugawa with a fiery, all-consuming passion, and yet he’s read everything the man ever published. Why has her cousin read over fifty stories by an author he knows he doesn’t like?

The Panic of Mountain Monk Jizō by Tatsumi Atsukawa: Twenty years ago, Ryoji Aono would go to Bar April every Sunday and meet with his friends to listen to the tales of Jizō, a man who dressed like a mountain ascetic and who claimed to come across tales of mystery everywhere he went. But Jizō hasn’t shown his face in two decades, and now, Ryoji’s video rental business has also closed down. Deciding to take some time off at a new bar, Ryoji is stunned to see Jizō once again, having not aged a day since their last meeting …So why is he so much worse at telling stories now?

The Molded Corpse Speaks by Masahiro Imamura: At a job-hunting event, Kōjirō Oda of the Eito University Mystery Club meets a man from another school with an interesting story: a member of his own school’s mystery club once pranked him by leaving a chalk outline and a dying message in his apartment while he was out. The members of the Eito U. Mystery Club put their heads together in an attempt to unravel the dying message, which was never solved, and uncover a much deeper truth than they suspected. <<less

After getting a second shot at life via TS reincarnation, our protagonist decides to fully indulge in the cringy chuuni phase they missed in their past life. The plan? Embrace the role of a mysterious beauty by monologuing to the wind on the empty school rooftop.... more>>

But one day, a girl unexpectedly appears on that very rooftop—so of course, the MC goes full-on “mysterious heroine mode.”

…Yeah, probably shouldn’t have done that.

Next thing they know, they’re being stalked, emotionally shattered, and ultimately kidnapped by a mentally unstable yandere girl with too much affection and not enough restraint.

A dumb, chaotic tale of chuuni delusions and obsessive love begins! <<less

Not here!　Not here either~!　He’s nowhere to be found ……!... more>>

I am a ghost nurse. The most terrifying ghost story that appears in the school in the middle of the night.

Today, I have found my ‘prey’ again. A pitiful man who broke into the school building in the middle of the night and ran into me.

Yihihihi!　Run away, run away. I am sure your head is filled with fear.

And the man ran away. Into the men’s restroom.

You are the rat in the bag. I’m going to hunt you down and scare the crap out of you.

No one in here,” I open the door to the first stall.

“Not here either!” I open the door to the second stall.

Now there is only one stall left. You are probably trembling inside.

I don’t pierce the fastenings right away. I go into the adjacent stall and peek in from above. This is an eerie performance. This is truly the scariest ghost story of all. This must be traumatizing for you.

But right after that, I’m forced to say, “ Huh?”

There’s …… nothing in here?”

The last stall was empty.

Where the hell did he go?　There is only one entrance door. The men’s restroom was on the third floor, with no windows or openings. There was no other space to hide.

It was a completely locked room. Where the hell did the man disappear to?

But I couldn’t give up. I’ll put my pride as the most fearsome ghost story teller on the line and find him for sure! <<less

This is a love-filled paradise just for girls…... more>>

A passionate romance between girls begins in dorm life!

As she prepares to transfer schools, Suzu can’t hold back and confesses her love to her best friend, Kaori. She thought she was the only one who could love another girl…

However, at her new school, her senior Saya steals a kiss from her, leading her to experience her first pleasure.

A yuri-colored love that shakes both the heart and body! <<less

Shiori Sugimura was just a normal second year high school student when her world shattered when she remembered her past life. In her previous life she was a serious Yuri Otaku, and with that knowledge she also realized that the world she has been living in is the Yuri game “Fragmented Rhapsody”. It was a game that she enjoyed dearly in her previous life, and now she is a sub-Heroine.... more>>

This wasn’t good news, she doesn’t want to get involved with the protagonist and simply wants to keep her peaceful life. However that can’t last, she chose to give up that dream, and protect with all her might Sara Fujioka, her favorite heroine and a character that is killed by a love rival in the bad ending!

Yanderes are scary, and the characters in the world don’t act like they should. The scenarios are changing and the world is different than before, but she will still do her best to protect her fan favorite. <<less

A city of academies where high school girls converse with swords and spears in hand.... more>>

A comedy character who loves macarons and a cup of tea.

Becoming a pink-haired dummy in a mobile game, acting as the weakest character with the pretty filter in my mouth and body.

Yet in my heart, a man's fighting spirit still boils like lava.

"What a cutie. Ohoho☆" <<less

Mikoto and Takeru both belong to the [Black Cat Demon Extermination Brigade].... more>>

One day, they are sent to the prestigious Seisen Girls’ Academy in order to exterminate the youma that have been sighted on the school’s grounds. They infiltrate the school as one of its students, but as they continue to fight demons night after night, they discover dark secrets lurking around the place.

Just then Takeru is afflicted by a curse and the two are attacked. To save her sister from the clutches of lust, Mikoto ventures forth right into the enemy’s den, only to witness the female students of the academy giving themselves away to pleasures of flesh.

Limbs entangled, the demonic tent**les dance wildly. While indulging in one another, the two sisters are going to be sacrificed, each and every nook and cranny of their bodies to be used to breed all kinds of youma… <<less

‘A fight to determine the best! A flirty yuri battle begins!’... more>>

Kureha Sara, the ultimate ‘Onee-san’ of an all-girl school was challenged by her rival to a showdown.

To settle the score between the two of them, before the school’s popularity contest that would start in two months.

“Will you become my lover? I’ll prove to you that I’m worthy.”

“…What?”

She confessed to prove to her that she was worthy of the number one title.

And so, their secret relationship began, as they tried to flirt with each other without being seen by anyone.

Now, which one of them would be the first to give in? <<less

It's the first (yuri) sleepover.

Tenshi Serina battles every day as the heroine of justice known as Lemuria Heart. At the all girl’s school she attends she is known by... more>> the maidens there as Prince-sama, but she is hiding a secret, she is a f**anari. This secret is discovered by the villainess Misty Elektra who toys with her using s*xual pleasure and Lemuria Heart is dropped into a f**anari hell! Can she be victories without losing her heart of justice!? <<less

※Attention: ‘Set-ups’ exist in this story.... more>>

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Have you ever wished to become a doll?
When something makes you sad, have you ever found your aching heart annoying?
I have.
Since when have I been living as a doll?

Since when?
Since when have I considered myself not the real deal?

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Japan is at risk because of terrorists called ‘the Neoepicureans’.

A girl attending a girls’ school in Tokyo — Kōko meets another ‘girl’. If you can call her a girl, that is. ‘She’ is an android.

Targeting the android — Ichigo — are those who unveil themselves as ‘magicians’. Deeper and deeper, Kōko is pulled into the battle for Ichigo behind the curtains. Out of the sight of the everyday person, fights unfold between ‘magicians’.

This story is a yuri fantasy set in the modern age, told by the mysterious speaker ‘Metako’.

— If you found a heart weeping, what would you do? <<less

～Can He Build a Harem in the School without Getting Caught?～... more>>

Theophil Krause is a young court wizard and undoubtedly one of the most elites in the country.

He is loyal to his duties, but there is one thing he is even more passionate about – its his ambition to corrupt highborn women of his choice and build a harem for himself.

For that, the Elreis Magical Girls Academy is a suitable hunting ground. It is a garden of prideful women, but only the ladies of famous high-class families were able to attend there, and of course, where all boys were forbidden from entering.

It is to the extent that even the most bottom personnel are thoroughly selected and sieved for their abilities so that there won’t be a need for a single male in the school, but after corrupting the headmaster, Julia, into something that can’t live on without his member, he succeeded in infiltrating the school as their first male magic teacher.

As he is also a court wizard with a good reputation, he was well received by the noble ladies in the class. But even with all that adoration, he only plans to aim at the best of the best.

He entices several women in the academy; the students, the student council president, and the school’s teachers, and even the school nurse, achieving the ultimate pleasure by corrupting the innocence that these haughty women protect the most.

However, it is not without risks, as the more his women grew, the more the attention he gains from the powerful chancellor, which is also the founder of the school.

Will Theophil succeed in making his dream harem? Or will he fail and lose everything before he makes it to the top?

Making use of his body manipulation magic and mind-reading techniques, plus his wits as an excellent court wizard, Theophil’s plan to get the best girls for his harem as he outwits the chancellor has already begun! <<less

The story of a girl who falls in love with another girl in a country where all women are born only to serve men.

With the sudden appearance of the monsters that came to be called dragons, the world had completely changed. Before long, supernatural girls with the power of the dragons, called “D”, were born within the human race. The secret existence of the only male “D”, the boy Mononobe Yuu, was forcefully thrown into the school where the girls of “D” gathered – Midgard, where he saw the naked body of one of the students, Iris.... more>>

Furthermore, upon meeting his long lost sister Mitsuki, Yuu seems to have been enrolled into this school…!? “When there’s really no other choice, Iris, I will—kill you.” “Can I really… believe you?” The curtains open as the “one and only story” about the boy who was supposed to become the strongest assassin and the poorly performing girl unfolds—! Unlimited School Battle Action!

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A 3 chapter prequel side story was released alongside some of the anime blu-rays titled ‘Unlimited Fafnir Gaiden – Brynhildr Valkyries’ focusing on the Brynhildr class prior to the start of the main series. <<less

Freya Delilah Eustace-Diana is a student of St. Heidi Twirl’s School for Witches. Reigning at the top of the school hierarchy, she wishes to become friends with Kaede Miharu, a transfer student from the Far East. So she decided to steal her panties as the first step in her plan. Don’t misunderstand her!... more>>

Freya lives in a school dormitory away from her busy parents. It’s difficult for her to interact with others because she’s afraid of dragging her family’s name in the mud. The painstakingly crafted plan she had to get close to Kaede Miharu, a transfer student from the Far East in a situation similar to hers, is to steal her panties then return them to her! <<less

I can finally date the person that I admire.... more>>

Ordinary me, Toudou Torako, admired a person who is the opposite of me, an extraordinary person, our school’s ‘Prince’ Saionji Nozomi-senpai.

She is so popular that she got confessed to every day and she will go out on a date with the girls who confessed to her.

I have nothing to do with it so I chose a bookstore with a coffee shop for the date with Saionji-senpai who I admired.

During the time I spent there… I learned a part of Saionji-senpai that I didn’t know before–. <<less

When I reincarnated into the world of “Flower of Eden”, a Yuri Game. I was one of the villainess girl’s posse members. But the bad ending wasn’t a big deal, so I decided to live my life the way I wanted to.... more>>

A Young girl with Scornful eyes ”It’s the bad girl, so peeking at the panties is. . .fine, right?”
The Yuri Game Protagonist “Hahaahaa. . .Look at me! Let’s go back to the dormitory and flirt~”
The Villainous Girl “That’s wrong! Isn’t that wrong?!”

The girl who was supposed to be the villain, actually turned out to be a hard working nice girl- - -. <<less

Lux, who was a prince from the Empire that was destroyed five years ago due to the revolt, met with the princess of the new Kingdom, Lizsharte, by accidentally breaking into the bathroom of the girl's dormitory.... more>>

"......How long are you planning to stare at my body, you fooooool!"

The ancient weapons found from the ruins, the Drag-Ride. Lux who was called the strongest Drag-Knight in the past was now known as the "Weakest Undefeated", a Drag-Knight who doesn't attack at all. After the duel that started by the challenge from Lizsharte, Lux ended up entering the girls' school that raised Drag-Knights......!

Lux's story where he is surrounded by the noble girls from the academy is about to unfold.

The "ultimate" academy fantasy battle where the right and the might cross passes now begins! <<less

Only a pure maiden can have a privilege to make contract with a spirit.... more>>

In Areishia Acadamy, maidens from noble family were gathered there, giving them an elite education to become a spirit contractor. A boy Kamito, by accident he peeped on a girl, Clair, who was taking a bath, and he even made a contract with the spirit that she wanted.

Kamito was actually an irregular male spirit contractor, which should not exist. <<less

Yet another tale of a girl who is "unable to cry" and a boy who is "unable to laugh".... more>>

Chise was shocked to hear about the divorce of her parents.

With her bright smile, she had barely managed to keep together her family that was on the verge of collapse.

And yet, it would've been better if she had just honestly cried and told them she wanted the three of them to be together...

Riku worked part-time as a newspaper delivery boy.

His mother was always away, absent, thus it was essential that he worked to pay his living expenses.

All he wished for was to keep drawing, however that wish of his didn't come true either.

And although he never really hated or detested any of that, he couldn't remember when or if he had smiled before...

Now, their paths cross in this tale of one heartrending and fragile summer. <<less

Strawberry Panic, the first yuri light novel in North America, is set at Astrea Hill, where three exclusive all-girl schools converge. At St. Miator Girl’s... more>> Academy, gentle breezes scatter cherry blossoms across its lush campus. Nagisa, a normal and cheerful high school student, is stunned when she meets Shizuma, the school’s top student, whose beauty takes her breath away. When Shizuma unexpectedly reciprocates Nagisa’s feelings, both love and wacky chaos soon erupt. <<less