CONTRACTS OF THE HEART ANTHOLOGY #2: Stanley heads to the library to try to pick up girls, but leaves with a silly little romance instead.

Kenichiro has been (poorly) paid for his ability to notice patterns. He was an accountant for a Black Company, managing their declining revenue and their dwindling accounts. After experiencing what he thought was a mental health episode, he was promptly fired for breaking his work computer. As he...

The weak are never respected, the weak should not exist and the weak have no place in society. The weak deer is hunted and the weak lion cannot hunt. If one is weak, they stay at the bottom of society and they suffer. It is their own fault for being weak. That was what Alden learned at a very you...

In all the anime, love is always left to the pretty girl. The one with pink hair, or a perfect body. Maru is decidedly not that. Love is supposed to stay in books, manga, and TV shows- right? But what if she changed that status quo? What if she became popular? And with Otani... maybe she can.

“Hey, Roland, what’s your favorite, ice-cream flavor?" Asks Riyik “I like,” “Pickled beats and bacon flavor it is,” “I’m not eating that” “would you all pipe down, it’s hard to hear with this thing as it is” says Reiyeka listening to her headset, listening to voices in a nearby building. “We’ll s...

Young, impulsive actor Toma, 22, and his 35-year-old pragmatic politician girlfriend Akari are having a difficult time avoiding the always-annoying media. Will their relationship survive the harsh and always-opinionated public eye?

At the village fair, Max is mocked for claiming he saw a legendary Wolpertinger and is goaded into a cruel bet that puts his pride, and his future, on the line.

Akari Ito is Japan's sweetheart - a glittering idol and actress with the perfect smile, sold out tours, and millions of fans. But behind the flawless facade is a woman suffocating. Fame was never her dream - it was simply an escape from her reality. Escape from a broken home that she thought she'...

Born from a forbidden spell inside the God-Realm, Crish is the child of the Demon King — a being who should never have existed. At age five, his dormant demonic aura awakened, triggering chaos in Heaven. Terrified by prophecy, the gods cast him out, sealing his powers and abandoning him in the M...

What does it mean to cook food? Why do we cook? A young apprentice seeks to find these answers through the mastery of knife and pan, and the spirit of Gourmon. Gourmon are spirits given form through the preparation of a dish with love, care, and a mystical spice called Mahira Masala. Gourm...