A night of heavy rainfall had flooded this city without light, and yet hoards of men, women, elders, and kids came out of their cozy...

A lone cliff - parsed through clouds and overlooked its surrounding neighbors. If that circular belt of rocky monsters formed a crown,...

We fell into an old, industrial-styled town through an entrance high above the clouds. Did it sound like a fantasy? No, we, for sure,...

My sister lived on the second floor of our glassware store. A few years younger than me, she was more than energetic. Running up and down...

I was driving on a six-lane grey road, and on both sides were thick bushes guarding the outermost edge of two residences. It was queer to...

We were driving away from my school after my graduation ceremony. Which year was that? I could not remember, but I did know that was the...

I had been sleeping in an underwater cave for a long time, so long that I found my tail wholly buried in sand and dirt when I was woken...

I was walking down the main street with a group of friends when I first encountered him, whose name was unknown. Therefore, to avoid...

4:46: Heavy breath from agitated animals, or people. Corporal and his comrades awaited their fate. Patiently they stood in columns and...

Corporal had not slept that night. 23:00: He just finished the last of his paperwork – a written application for a place in the new...

It was a humid summer day when I walked out of the neighborhood, seeking a place for lunch. The sun glared, steaming the dust on the...

Tut – Tut – Tut. The cruise liner detached itself from the dock, its silvery-white body shimmering with the tide's hold. Stay, stay,...

Spring came to our school a season ahead of the rest of the town – blooming trees enclosed us, forming a barrier against the prying eyes...

Shopping, eating ramen, and going back home – the girl had an ordinary Saturday. Now, she had passed the neighborhood entrance and gone...

Ten hours. I finished my regular daily routine in the first five hours and spent the preceding five sleepless nights pondering over what...

I, with a bag of garbage in each hand, felt particularly surreal loitering in the elevator lounge, waiting for the "2" to change to a "1"...

The girl and her friends had exhausted every corner of this dimly lit cabin. The five of them scattered across this classroom-sized...

You arrived at this town late at night, long after everything had closed down, and only a few lights penetrated through the fog as...

On an average afternoon, my friends and I squatted on the front sand pool (which would be a lawn in other parts of the country) of my...

Along with a few other students, I was standing in the darkness, peeping out of the windows. The classroom we were in was empty – the...