Alma, a young girl from the Americas, makes her way to Japan alongside her little brother to reunite with her family. The journey was difficult but arriving filled her with hope. Despite her hopes, the reunion with her mother doesn’t go well. Undeterred by the failed reunion, Alma continues with ...

Spring represents new beginnings, and for a typical American student, this is his chance to take his own. Studying abroad in Japan on a whim, he has to explore a new culture and land, balancing schoolwork and his love for alcohol with whatever new adventures await him. Yet, when he meets a ...

Standing by the tracks of a train, a boy takes a step towards the other side. But life has more in store for him than he could ever know.

Death or Life. Thanatos or Eros. Following a serious case of several couples finding the concept of the afterlife tempting, those words became the highlight of the living. They were becoming entranced by the idea of being attracted and called by the gods. Once their calling was heard, people wo...

“I almost had him!” I heard a girl’s voice while I was in a coma. According to my nurse, I was apparently hit by a massive truck in the middle of the 4 way road. It was seemingly a fatal situation but I have no recollection of it at all. “You are lucky!” My nurse always says to me as she...

In their darkest of nights, two broken souls made a promise. Intoxicated by love and fueled from the conviction to escape the cruelty of their world, they decide to run away together. Just one week, a fleeting farewell to the day before—then they leave their past behind forever to awaken beneath ...

A French studies sophomore, Kadomori Ayato has become overwhelmed by the thought of his (one-sided) love, Tenkomori Sharaichi, has something more than friendship with his friend, Arata Shin.

I just wanted to be remembered.............in a twisted sorta way.

In the fading light of a quiet evening, Édouard wakes up in a room he no longer recognizes. When an old rotary phone begins to ring, the voice on the other end knows far too much — about his life, his loves, and the cracks in his memory. Farewell to Myself is a gentle, haunting short story about...