She looks around at the bustling crowd as her arms hug herself, wondering why the people are so loud. Why are they so excited, pushing...

It’s bright today. How lovely. Mom urges me to go take an early bath. Today is a glorious day. Dad comes pestering my lil’ brother. It’s...

She remembers the first Eid without him. It was dull. It was fun but it was dark. The whole day seems like an operation of trying to make...

I had already woken up when my alarm started to ring. Lately, I have been losing sleep. Maybe it is because of my overdue rent? Or the...

I’ve never been much of a coffee drinker. It’s honestly not the taste that makes me order a chocolate drink 9 times out of 10. I do enjoy...

She watches the sunrise and sets through her windowpane; her eyes never shut close, yet her mind runs wild. The clock is ticking at a...

Up, up, up! Put away the mattresses, draw the curtains, Let the warm sunlight in through the windows. Turn on the radio, turn up the...

The cold-hearted detective once declared, “Alone is what I have. Alone protects me.” His joys and woes were never shared, After all those...

I have never known what this sadness feels like When you cannot feel the Sun or the air around you And time they say will heal you But...

this is a story, about one who seeks answers from others, about one who seeks revelations from truth disguised in jokes, about one who...

Do you know how destructive I can be at times? Building and fixing people could be The only things I paid attention to. My other...

“You know, being invisible is quite fun.” “...Pardon?” “The feeling of you walking alone in the midst of a crowd, – friends conversing...

I awoke from the sound of rumbling thunder, my eyelids a heavy heap. A blurry scene of a spinning ceiling fan and flickering light bulbs...

A dainty daisy stands firmly Rooting herself to the ground she stands Swaying freely and gracefully Unwavering to the tempest beyond...

Tsurumi Island is an island with an ancient civilization living within the thick fog, having not once seen sunlight nor met other island...

Ah, it's happening again. I lost touch with reality. I dreamt of the moon, how she wiped my tears away and kissed my scars, despite...

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From a land at the rim of the abyss, a sentry named Ristul witnessed the destruction of his homeland. An explosion coming from an abyss...

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