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.

"Everyone has a purpose. You just haven’t found yours yet.” Shako Ikitayashi is a high school boy burdened by family conflict and poor social skills. Ever since he was young, he’s felt the world was against him. But nothing could have prepared him for what happened on that day, when he was pos...

As the universe was witnessing celestial events a sword was forged infused with rare, mystical materials to ensure the blade was indestructible, it would gain the name Bloodshed and be known as a weapon that could cut anything no matter what. As time passed many people existed wielding Bloodshed ...

The person I like most. One day, driven by nothing but impulse, I ended up calling her out behind the gym. I worked up my courage and confessed, so why did it turn out like that…? I said, “I like you!”—so why would you ask something like that? I said, “I do too.”—so why won’t you take it ...

A short story about the things that people notice, and the things that they don't.

Adrift in space, the UN Flagship Xochiquetzal had a mission: to save humanity. A mission that was left to the best and brightest. A single person who would make the trip across the stars, ensuring the vessel made it to the next habitable star system, seeding it with life, before continuing. But ...

A princess named Alice isn't like other people as she has a mysterious white eye and strands of white hair. She doesn't know where they came from, neither does her family. Her brother on the other hand is the successor to the throne and plans on putting his all into becoming a great king. But ...

Ashmille never expected that Drino, the boy she was dating in college 3 years ago, was the same guy she saw on a huge digital billboard. Turns out, what brought Drino to his popularity was more than just chasing a career dream but also a pursuit of romance. They both find themselves caught betwee...

Within Japan Magic High School, what could happen when indifference has a limit? When injustice forces his hand, Mikado, the Class F student, the lowest of the low, steps into a duel he was never meant to win. He defeats a top student not through overwhelming magic, but through discipline, prec...

After turning 30, retired idol Hakaze Shinomiya isn’t asking for much anymore: quiet mornings, uneventful days, and not getting yelled at for showing up hungover at her new job as a sound engineer. She’s definitely not looking to cross paths with Ren, Neonite’s impossibly perfect top idol, who...