A man who built his life around a series of carefully planned goals seemed to have it all. At 18, he graduated from an elite university. By 23, he was married to a wonderful woman. He landed the perfect job and raised two beautiful children. But on the day of his 38th birthday, he returned home t...

“When expectations bury you Where love slowly becomes conditional Demands grow incessant, masked as care Parents feed you with one hand While strangling you with another.” Not every scar is visible. Not every wound is physical. Sometimes, it’s the people who say “I love you” that leav...

A short story about a detached college student and a girl with cancer

It started with a full moon... Issei, one day sees a girl walking on air outside his window. He falls in love at first sight. The girl invites him to play together and from there the two become friends and then maybe even lovers.

What if fate wasn’t absolute? Haru awakens in a world where the sky shifts in unnatural hues, an anomaly in the rigid order of Orbis. The system denies his existence, yet something within him refuses to yield. To the Fate Guardians, he is a threat, one that must be erased before balance is los...

Bianca is left alone when Hermes, her DreamShip and only friend, dies in an accident. How will she be able to trust and open up to someone else again after the loss? A story about friendship, love and finding your place in this world.

In a world where AI is merely a tool, Professor Ethan Cross creates ARIA—not as an assistant, but as a daughter. Designed with emotions and consciousness, she learns, loves, and questions her place among humans. When a young man, Kai, confesses his love for her, she faces the reality that her hea...

In two days, the clocktower in the centre of the island will strike 0. All residents know this means the end. Escaping the island surely results in drowning. The only two ways to escape are to wait for the clock to hit 0, or to do it yourself. Only a handful have even made it to these final days,...

A 500-word short story that plays with subjective reality.

It is a journal of someone trying to get away, trying to be free, but encountering something that they will never return.