The burning cold makes monsters out of us all.

A nihilistic teenager. A girl of flowers. Two paths cross as one tries desperately to find the reason for his existence and the volatility of life, while the other yearns to understand the beauty in fleeting things. Somehow all answers lie in the cherry blossoms in Kyoto.

A girl walks with a man along a cherry blossom path, leaving behind a trail of grey in their wake.

Two boys, without names from a school with no symbols and a country with no image witness a sword fall from the sky from the safety of their window. After touching it, the sword reveals that God’s heart has fallen to earth and their job is to pierce it.

In the late 1940s, a man visits his hometown, lost between fantasy and reality. Negative emotions swirl in his head, threatening to consume him as he realizes this gray, lifeless world is his reality. And yet, he can't help but hope. Hope that no else will have to experience this tragedy. Hope...

A short story from Rachel from Fallow the Leader’s perspective.

Spring represents new beginnings, and for a typical American student, this is his chance to take his own. Studying abroad in Japan on a whim, he has to explore a new culture and land, balancing schoolwork and his love for alcohol with whatever new adventures await him. Yet, when he meets a ...

Karen O'Hare goes against her parents' advice and travels to Japan as a foreigner. Of course, she has a good reason — a reason that spans 7,000 miles and 20+ years.

A detective hunts a serial killer with a bloodthirsty obsession with children's hearts, but he wonders what emotion makes his heart beat the most when he finds himself face to face with the murderer: curiosity, enthrallment, or fear.

What would you do if you somehow wake up to a murder scene with a strange killer? Irina is caught up watching a murderer in his act but somehow manages to escape the situation. However, things become much more complex when the strange murderer joins her school and Irina can't help being dragge...