This is a story about an ordinary day coming home from work. I live out in the countryside and commute by personal car, driving along a mountain road every day. Unlike in the city, the streetlights here are spaced hundreds of yards apart. For the most part, it's just a strip of asphalt enveloped in …
I have a habit of checking my mailbox as soon as I get home. Usually, there's nothing in there, or maybe a promotional flyer from a car dealership, but one day, I found a plain envelope. Inside was a …
I used to date a gorgeous girl from my class. Her name was Okada, and she was really smart. We got close after ending up on the same student committee and chatting during meetings. There was always so…
It was last night when Sakuraba called me. He told me he’d moved into a new rental apartment and asked if I wanted to come over this Sunday. It was going to be our first time catching up since college…
This is a story I heard from an acquaintance of mine—let's call him A—who used to be a bit of a wild guy. About twenty years ago, A went on a trip abroad with five friends who were just as wild as he …
