All the women in Ariel Scarlet’s family die before the age of forty. Family legend blames a cursed Victorian necklace, and Ariel is determined to discover who cursed it and why. Sophey Cartwright works in Bezzina’s Emporium of Magical Artefacts and Antiquities. She can help Ariel find out the truth… ...

Embark on a cosmic odyssey with Arthur Bartlebee, a humble plumber aboard an aging space station named Citrus Bravo. Although Arthur would love more than anything to live out his simple days managing the pipes and drains of the station, he is quickly ripped away by a whirlwind of absurd ...

Kotori sent the crane origami on New Year’s Day. Receiving the origami, Sae, who had come from Tokyo to see her, was dazzled by it. Suspicious of this visitor’s motive, Airi began to investigate and discovered Sae’s dark past, and the danger she might represent them. The story explores the ...

Stephen Drake is beyond despondent and decides that he is finished with life. An opportunity presents itself to attend one final party before doing himself in. Stephen doesn’t realize it yet, but this will be a social gathering where forgotten sins of the past and potential seeds for the future ...

Life interruptions come in many forms; illness, divorce, job loss, death. After the upheaval of an unexpected divorce in 1995 I thought, “well, thank goodness that’s over.” I can learn the lesson, collect the badge, dust myself off and move on. Surely the worst was behind me, with clear sailing ...

Leslie suffers from blackout spells and wakes up with unexplained scars. Despite being diagnosed as depressed, she has no memory of self-harming. As her mental state worsens, she starts to believe something evil is lurking inside her.

On a lonely hilltop, under a star-filled sky, a 12-year-old orphan named Ellie quietly sits next to a ghost and says nothing for a very long time.She does not recognize Star Captain. How could she? No one on Earth knows who he is. To the rest of the universe? Star ...