Originally published in 2006 as 夜は短し歩けよ乙女 (Yoru wa Mijikashi Aruke yo Otome)Winner of the 2006 Yamamoto Shugoro PrizeA college student spends an evening out, unwittingly attracting the attention of various men whose paths she crosses. One in particular, an upperclassman who has been nursing a crush on her for some time, has chosen this night to make his true feelings known. Will the two come together, or will this girl just keep on walking...?°°°Tomihiko Morimiwas born & raised in Nara Prefecture, Japan. His first novelTower of the Sun, which he wrote while studying at Kyoto University, won the 15th Japan Fantasy Novel Award. In 2006, he received the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize for the novelThe Night is Short, Walk on Girl, & in2010, Penguin Highwaywas awarded the Japan SF Grand Prize. In 2023, the English edition ofThe Tatami Galaxy(Yojōhan shinwa taikei)was shortlisted for the PEN Translation Prize. His other works includeUchōten kazoku(The Eccentric Family),Yakō(Endless Night), andNettai(The Tropics). Several of them have been adapted into critically acclaimed anime series & films.Short stories:samovar.strangehorizons.com/2020/10/26/20th-century-hotel-%E5%BB%BF%E4%B8%96%E7%B4%80%E3%83%9B%E3%83%86%E3%83%AB/tree-novel.com/works/episode/5d707799016e2b838f4e88db90543749.htmlEmily Balistrieriwas born in 1985, in the United States, & is now based in Japan. His translations include Tomihiko Morimi’sThe Tatami Galaxy(HarperVia, 2022), Eiko Kadono’sKiki’s Delivery Service(Delacorte Press, 2020), and Shaw Kuzki’sSoul Lanterns(Yearling, 2021). Most recently he translated Ao Omae’sPeople Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice(HarperVia, 2023).