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...

"But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain, for it is not permitted that we stay." -Dante's Inferno The City, The last remaining bastion of humanity away from the danger that lurks outside its premise. A place where corporations lay amok and t...

After a catastrophic "Triple Heartbreak", best friends realize the painful truth: they aren’t unlucky in love—they’re the common denominator in every disaster. Determined to change their fates, they stumble upon a dating guide and decide to treat it like an RPG quest. Step 1: Make Eye Contact....

Arion failed the Academy entrance exam five times. Not because he lacked talent— but because he lacked a last name. At twenty-two, he finally gets accepted as the lowest-ranked student, surrounded by teenage prodigies and noble heirs.

Yu, an average guy with an average daily life, doesn't really think much about people other than himself and his group. Mei, an average gal, is doing everything she can to look appealing to people while also maintaining her relationship with her group. Two completely different people, yet the...

Lobetha is a young witch that has always had an interest on other people's relationships and how human interactions develop. In particular she had an interest in a boy called Jasuki, but it's just until now that she decides to play her cards.

After his father’s company found success, a boy left the countryside for Tokyo, where he became a popular middle school volleyball player. As his life changed, the quiet days of his past slowly drifted away. Yet one memory stayed with him, a childish promise made long ago by a girl from his ho...

[This story is purely the author’s imagination. Please excuse any imperfections, as the author is still a beginner.] This story tells of a hardworking man who was willing to sacrifice everything to complete his duties. However, by pushing himself too far, he met his death in the middle of his ...

Twenty-five years of silence. Thirteen years of hiding. One final chance for justice. Between 2000 and 2012, a predator stalked the city, targeting single mothers and leaving behind a trail of broken families and a single, catatonic witness. Then, as suddenly as the murders began, the monster ...

Kuroki Renji glides through high school like a ghost. He is top of the class, handsome, and his voice is deep enough to make girls blush. He smiles perfectly, speaks politely, but inside he watches people the way a cat watches birds—curious, detached, and faintly disgusted. Then Kageyama Mio ste...