A simple maidenly acolyte ends up tasked to take care of a statue in a roadside shrine by herself for a single week. It supposedly dusts itself. All she has to do is keep everything in place. Yet instead of being simple to maintain it turns out this statue can't last a day without its prot...

"You have brought ill fortune with you, stranger..." Two strangers share a drink at a roadside tavern and go their separate ways. Every morning thereafter they find themselves back in their private rooms, the previous day starting anew. Armed only with knowledge gained from previous cycles, th...

Frankie and Lisa went for a walk in the woods looking for birds to watch. Instead they found a magical robot servant from another world with a few screws loose and a recall warning issued. Hopefully nothing too severe goes wrong...

Hazel is a girl not from this world but has been here for a short while. Her mentor Heather (who is also a school teacher) signs her up for highschool against Hazel's wishes. I mean why go to school when you can make money hunting the supernatural outside the city gates? Little does she know t...

Back story of banshees. A story created for my competition.

For Hoshino Akari, a J-pop supernova, and Sasaki Ren, the quiet step-brother who is her secret anchor, the only goal has ever been a future where their hidden love can finally be free. But when a cataclysmic event rips them from their world, they are not just separated—they are remade. Akari is a...

Being dead is one thing, dealing with the after math another. Even though Hino Michio made it into heaven, his worries are far from over. As it turns out living in heaven isn't the scot-free experience you would hope for and you still have to deal with living your life. And then there is the matt...

Betrayed on his life on earth, Toshiro finds himself in the presences of an Goddess. He feels a linger, one that affect his old life, one that is engrained into his very soul. He doesn't want to be bored. His feelings are strong on this idea, he manipulated his loved ones, those who seek h...

Every time the talisman slips from her forehead, Akari awakens—warm, curious, impossibly alive. And every time it reattaches, she fades into nothing, forgetting everything she was. Yuki came to this forgotten shrine to pass her final exam — to seal the yōkai. But Akari isn’t dangerous. She’s...

A Great Goose once guarded the lands of Graldnorna long ago, not with kindness, but terror. Time has turned it into nothing but a story told to the next generation. This is the tale of those who fight to keep it bound. Those who fight to keep the future bright.