There’s value in being alone. The idea that humans are inherently social creatures has led many of the lesser minded of our species to believe they have to be surrounded by others for every waking hour of the day. As such, the gentle peace of solitude is a delight unsought and unappreciated by th...

When human student Cameron Callihan is invited by his elf girlfriend Miyu Nocturne to come visit her home in the countryside village of Lazumere for the summer, he soon discovers that the various divides between them—personal, cultural—may be deeper than he had ever imagined. Additionally, as ...

Black and white; the two colors that made up the world that I lived in. For as long as I could remember, this was the only type of world I knew—but that wasn't true. It couldn't be. A part of me knew that I lived in a world before this; one with more colors, and one filled with more things than j...

Alma’s life has always been filled with insanity. That tends to happen when you’re living in a religious country where the citizens all worship a terrifying goddess of madness. More so when your sister is a priestess of said goddess. So, what does a girl do to keep herself grounded? Why, join the...

My childhood friend, Michi Ichizen, is a troublemaker and constant seeker of adventure. Thanks to him, I was dragged into a cascading chain of events, all because he wanted to be a hero. It involved petty feuds, weird people, ridiculous battles, and so many strange conversations. All I wanted was...

The year is 2033, eighty years after the world was plunged into a nuclear conflict that left much of the land uninhabitable and world economies and cultures teetering on the brink of collapse. Japanese company—LiveRite Corporation—has completed work on a groundbreaking project. ‘Project Memoria’ ...

Rioshi Takeda, 18, is a boy invisible to the world. Silent, emotionless, detached — he lives with a deep void inside him, without name or reason. It’s not that he rejects emotions… they simply never come to him. One full-moon night, his entire class is mysteriously transported to another world...

The concept of a love lost has always filled me with an indelible sadness—when everything right goes astray, and two people who, despite deep affection, find themselves at the crossroads of irreconcilable differences. I have watched a thousand loves blossom, and a thousand wither, and vowed never...

in the year 1997 an incident occurred. twenty years later the Apocalypse begins. now it falls in the shoulders of certain people to fight to save the world or die trying.

Katherine Jones, a seventeen-year-old high school girl, had just wrapped up the school year and was planning to have the greatest summer of her life! But plans go awry when she finds a small kitten being threatened by a pack of wild dogs, ready to rip the poor creature to shreds. Kat makes it jus...