To The Sun That Never ShinesIt had been forever since we last saw youYou promised one day you'll show upAnd warm our faces and our heartsYour promised to guide us and show the wayBecause the dark is full of demons and beastsMaybe we're just gonna...
This is my confession. I hope you forgive me.Like almost every man in his early thirties, I was teased for not being married. Everyday, I had to go to work dodging the same question: will I marry you?My gut was telling me no. I didn't have enough...
Don't worry, my friend. This story will be as short as the ugly woman's life.
There was this old beach near my house. Four years ago, my parents would bring me and my sister Sam there every late afternoon. We would sit on the sand, watch the sea as it turns gold, the sun setting on the horizon. We would talk about our...
The day was strange. By the time Alfred woke up his two roommates were nowhere. And the clock on the wall was gone. And his phone was also gone. When he got to the office, his manager told him there’s no work for today so he couldn’t touch...
If I Only Have One Memory of YouIt wouldn’t be the day a friend of mineIntroduced me to you And how you curled at one cornerBecause you were shyIt wouldn’t be the night I receivedYour first reply on the phoneThat you agreed To go out with...
It was a soft call, clearly just informing but not persuading, that woke up Jay from his usual Saturday afternoon nap. It was her mother’s voice. She’s going to the market. He pushed the pillow off his chest and got up. He had to be a good...
Not a long time agoI saw youCrying over the wallThat fell on the groundI could tell you're lonely Because no one's around you I swallowed my fear And tap your shoulderYou smiled I smiled You let me in I let you inWe were so happy We...
The true horror is not on the twist but at the moment of helplessness.
I once met a stranger and decided to be with him for at least a day, just to be in someone’s shoes. Until now, I still can’t decide whether it was his fault or the wall’s fault.
Loving someone you know you don't have a chance.
One hour passed. His eyes were still on. Mind lost in the wind. He needed me. Now.Wait. I couldn’t show up like this. No human wanted to see a floating smoke. So I entered Leona Cakes & Pastries. Workers there were hospitable and they let...
A precious story of two brothers facing the greatest tradegy of their lives.
They were second graders. But Mr. Munch didn’t care. And so when Ray grinned - the slightest bent of lips ever seen - Mr. Munch told him to stand up.“Why?” said Mr. Much, his big eyes straight into the little eyes of the boy. “I’m...
Terry is about to be electrocuted in two hours. But his friends has a plan.
A cloud of doubt was hanging over youStill, you let me fly in the changing skyAnd let me dive in the unknown oceanBut before I leaped out, I had doubts tooI searched the world, every spaces it hasMost people didn't care about my dreamBut you told...
Women here are rich, but their husbands need to fly away to work and only come back once in every two years, except if it’s an emergency like when Mrs. Flores’ house turned to ashes, including her. Having their legal pairs out of the view...
Terry is about to be electrocuted. Despite of the coming death, all he cares is the water for his flower he named Cheeky Daisy.
Summer vacation was near. But it wasn't the idea of visiting the countryside that made all of us eager to get out of the school, it was because of the fear that the girl in the black hood sitting beside me might kill us the way she was killed....
I told mama you'll be here
So she cooked your favorite dinner...
There were four dead bodies floating in a reservoir near our house. My neighbors said they’re all black and that they all came from a place far away from here. I never saw the bodies to check if they’re skin color was really different from...