Full Text The San Francisco Cookie Mystery (Part 1) | Contents | The San Francisco Cookie Mystery (Part 3) It was a gray painting. The top was painted gray, probably depicting heavy, overcast clouds. The bottom was painted gray as well, likely representing a dark earth. Something resembling a white box occupied the space between […]
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Full Text Contents | The San Francisco Cookie Mystery (Part 2) It all began with a newspaper. It was followed by another newspaper, and another, and another, then for some reason led to a cookie. Basically, what happened was this. One winter day, after returning from school, I opened the newspaper for some reason. I
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Prev Story | Contents Table of Contents 1 There had been no indications of winter until the end of December, but the weather instantly became freezing cold when the year changed, as if it had been waiting for that very moment. I didn’t know how or where she had spent her winter vacation, but the
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Full Text The Florence Cream Puff Mystery (Part 6) | Contents Osanai-san and I were invited to Patisserie Kogi Annex Ruriko the following Wednesday. Though it was their designated rest day, some recording was being done for a television program, so Tasaka Ruriko-san was present, and she let us in after the shoot was over.
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Full Text The Florence Cream Puff Mystery (Part 5) | Contents | The Florence Cream Puff Mystery (Part 7) The sun had completely set when we boarded the Tokaido line train to get back to Kira City. The train was full, but we fortunately managed to sit next to each other. Sitting opposite us was
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Full Text The Florence Cream Puff Mystery (Part 4) | Contents | The Florence Cream Puff Mystery (Part 6) Only Tasaka-san and Osanai-san would be entering Reichi Middle School, so I had to wait outside. We couldn’t possibly all tag along behind Tasaka-san and introduce ourselves as a mother, an older sister, and an incompetent
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Full Text The Florence Cream Puff Mystery (Part 3) | Contents | The Florence Cream Puff Mystery (Part 5) We exited the underground area to be blasted by eddies of winter wind flowing around the tall buildings. After equipping herself with a mask, earmuffs, muffler and gloves, Osanai-san walked off with apparent resolve. “Kogi-san was
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Full Text The Florence Cream Puff Mystery (Part 2) | Contents | The Florence Cream Puff Mystery (Part 4) Kayazu Mitsuki-san readily acceded to Kogi-san’s request. It was around lunchtime, so it was decided that we would meet in a cafe at the Nagoya Station Underground Mall at one o’clock after getting lunch on our
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Full Text The Florence Cream Puff Mystery (Part 1) | Contents | The Florence Cream Puff Mystery (Part 3) On the following Saturday, I met up with Osanai-san in the morning, and we took the Tokaido line heading to Nagoya. When I was a middle school student, all sorts of things happened around me. Events
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