Death was mercy. The orb was not.” Bjorn never asked to be chosen—he only wanted to disappear. But when the broken, 21-year-old awakens in a prison shaped like a world and ruled by a faceless witch, he learns that even despair has a price. Here, pain is survival, sins divide the living, and me...

He sits alone with an unlit candle, waiting for 8:00 PM to turn fifty. The clock reads 6:00 PM. He believes his life was a mistake—a sum of zeroes and wasted time. But as the light fades and the silence grows heavy, he is about to discover that the most beautiful part of his story is the one h...

Mexico. What comes to mind the moment its name is spoken? Iconic dishes such as tacos, spicy roasted corn, or grilled cactus? The sound of mariachi rising with the distinctive sombrero dance? Or perhaps the image of cowboys skilled in guiding their steeds? Mexico holds far more than that. Coun...

Drino planned a trip to Mexico for her girlfriend and their families to introduce themselves as an official couple. Between the thrill of adventure and the weight of trials, their relationship was challenged. He captured her radiant smiles through his camera lens, but what captivated his heart wa...

After Kenichi Chozen saves a cat from being run over by a bookmobile, he finds himself reincarnated as the Chosen One in a fantasy world that resembles his favorite fantasy novel. After speed-running it and defeating the Dark Lord, he finds himself reincarnated as the Chosen One to a new worl...

Yamibõ was born into a world ruled by cruelty, a place with no room for the weak and no mercy for those who might deserve it. He was an ordinary boy, carrying the scars of his past, until something mysterious awoke within him a power fueled by anger, hatred, and all the darkness dwelling in the h...

The life of a boy who has always struggled to socialize changes completely when, after several failed attempts at love, he meets a girl who makes him feel truly loved for the first time. But his immaturity and selfish decisions lead him to lose her, leaving a wound that never heals. Now, as he re...

In the age of the gods, even mortal men sometimes seem worlds apart. At the dawn of Japanese civilization, a time remembered now only in myth and song, the western island of Tsukushi is divided between three peoples: the Yamato, mighty conquerors and city-builders who settle in the north; the ...

In the beginning was the Nation, and the Nation was one with the People. The beginning of nations vary nation to nation, but it cannot be denied that the human experience brings various people's into conflict with one another.

Do you ever feel so much pain and sorrow that you can't keep it locked up anymore? I do, that's why I'm writing this now. This is just a collection of my poems and some of my memories from across my life.