“Eros loved a woman. When she died, he asked his brother to keep her by his side. But she grew to loathe him because he enjoyed the warmth of life while she was alone in the cold. So, he cursed all lovers to be betrayed by death like he had been by his own brother.” “Did he let her go?” “He...

A story of a boy with his diary who had recently turned 18.

Phoebe had her novel draft rejected again by her editor, exhausted and losing hope in her dream, she goes to the rooftop of her apartment building to end her own suffering, only to find a beautiful man that resembles her novel’s main character. This is a spin-off short story submitted to the M...

"Live quietly, Arata. Live an unremarkable life where no one notices you and die that way." Those were the words Arata Aragaki's mother left for him before passing, and to his credit, he's done as told for the last ten years. Petrified by the idea of someone uncovering his secrets, Arata hides...

Protag Onist is one tunnel away from freedom. Sure, it may be the most haunted tunnel in the nation, but he has a secret weapon: a special doll given to him by grandpa. With its power, nothing would dare harm him... Right?

In a quiet village, what begins as a childish quarrel over a bicycle unravels into something far darker. At the edge of a crystal-clear lake, where a legendary mermaid returns lost objects to the townsfolk, rumors spread of vanishings, pagan sects, and rituals stained with blood. When a desperate...

Yukari, a character in a story, gains self conscious. Having died as a villain with no redeeming qualities, Yukari seeks a way to take her life back into her own hands. the Final Chapter in my Novel Back and Forth, this short story is a stand alone narrative that can be read on its own.

17-year old Natsume Shun wants to live a proper life. His ultimate life goal is to marry a beautiful woman with long black hair, like his classmate Amamiya Rinko. However, even such a simple dream seems hard to fulfill when he finds out that alien creatures are apparently trying to take over the...

The world is never fair is it? I`m sure that i am one to talk, given everything at birth, the finest clothes and food, and the shelter over my head with land and status to inherit. It means nothing to me really, i want to be a normal person, I want to feel like I have something to offer to this w...

The burning cold makes monsters out of us all.