Boy meets girl. Girl meets boy. While this constitutes the standard narrative protocol, this story is specifically concerned with a more volatile variable: the fleeting infatuation. Have you ever observed a stranger on the bus for a two-second interval and instantaneously calculated that y...

In a world where magic and supernatural abilities dictate a person's worth, Ramond, a young Hunter's Guide, faces a cruel reality: he possesses absolutely no magical affinity or special skills. Yet, he refuses to abandon his lifelong dream—and a childhood promise—to become the greatest hunter of ...

"Is love really worth the trouble?" This story follows Sato Hiroshi as he visits his mother's hometown for the first time and is met with an unexpected surprise. He meets Chiyoko, a sheltered girl who doesn't know all that much about the world, strangely enough she is also supposedly waiti...

"I-I am Sora. I don't know why I am supposed to talk about my life like this. Well, I live a wonderful life with Ai-chan. She is my girlfriend... maybe not. I should confirm that with her. She is the cute, quiet type. Hmm...there are things that are bothersome, like...sometimes I lose track o...

Yosuke Midori is a 25-year-old who has never had a girlfriend in his life, after trying out going to a party he realized that he is okay the way he is, but is he really okay with it? An encounter is all that it takes to shift one's perspective, and Yosuke is going to find out why.

Harumasa Kengo has been rejected often enough to reach a firm conclusion: true love only exists in dramas and anime. In real life, confessions fail, feelings go unanswered, and everything ends with an awkward “let’s just stay friends.” Determined to avoid further embarrassment, he decides to s...

A single act of heroism ties Kouya’s life to a mysterious transfer student. After an accident, a family tragedy, and a sudden new place to call home, he begins relying on the one person who never left his side. But while he sees devotion, someone else sees patterns. In a story about fate...

In the future, when the aether that lets light flow through the universe is stretched to its finality, two scientists attempt to save the earth from a cold, quiet death. This was a short story for a small "End of the World" contest. I won. There were only 2 of us that entered though. I refuse...

God had made twin worlds; The Caeruleum, the one we live in, and Viridis, a land in which history's greatest prophet never met such a torturous end. The latter was blessed with Angels and Apostles- both following the same two directives; 1. Aid the people walk down the most advantageous path, and...

Welcome to the Multiverse's deadliest dating reality show! Characters from all walks of life: legendary heroes, bio-androids, murderous videogame cuties, and demonic men are vying to find love, work together as a couple, and survive elimination. Ren is inserted in the games as the 'Backgrou...