This is a story I heard from my boss at work, Mr. S. Mr. S's mother had been suffering from a serious illness and was hospitalized for a long time. Eventually, her level of consciousness dropped and she slipped into a coma. Her condition deteriorated to the point where she could pass away at any mom…
There's something that has been troubling me lately. It always happens after I get home from work. I'm an office worker, but since I work at a cram school, my shift doesn't start until early afternoon…
I've been working as a taxi driver in a regional city in Kyushu for ten years. Business has been terrible lately, though, with hardly any passengers. So I decided to shake things up and try a differen…
This is a true story. Last year, I suffered a heart attack and was rushed to the ICU in an ambulance. On the way, one of the paramedics was talking to the receiving hospital. They kept checking on me …
This is a long one, so if you've got time to kill, give it a read. Back in elementary school, we built a secret hideout deep in the woods behind our school. I say "hideout," but it was prett…
