In the first of our author interviews in the New Year issue, we asked Yoshiki Hiraya about ”Solution Note of Oyo the Lender” seriese.

In our second interview with the author of the new year's issue, we asked Mr. Matsuzaki about his short story “Schrödinger's Girl,” which was published at the end of last year, on the 12th anniversary of her debut as a writer (the sexagenary cycle has come full circle). It's a collection of short stories called dystopian novels with female protagonists. We hope you enjoy it.

The expedition team landed on a terrestrial planet inhabited by a bipedal, reptile-like indigenous tribe. A girl with the ability equivalent to a shaman among them was troubled by her ability, but ......

As their private life together continues, the relationship between Kay and Ryu changes. ......

A best-selling author who is forced to work in a gold mine as a felon. The book was never published in Country C, where he was based, and he was caught as a traitor to the country, and he lived a miserable life, neither alive nor dead. But one day, a big turning point came to him...