Two Strangers, One Bench It was a sweltering summer evening. In the park, the younger folks jogged in packs while the elderly ambled along slowly, walking their dogs. […]

Right Outside the Bakery It was one of those scorching summer afternoons—heatwaves rising off the pavement like the city itself was sweating. The sliding door of a small […]

The Humble Hit Job The room was dim—lit only by a single lamp dangling above the roundtable. The rest of the office was drowned in darkness. Four men […]

Milk Tea and Muscles Dave stepped out of a shady little clinic tucked deep in an alley. The air smelled faintly of old grease and disinfectant. He took […]

Dragon Tiger Rampage Sean didn’t say a word.Not a second wasted. With both monkey wrenches in hand, he charged forward like a missile, hurling himself straight at Dave—and […]

Just a Bit Off In the crowd of onlookers,one man casually rubbed his eyes.Another yawned, bored out of his mind. Then suddenly—a long, steady fart echoed through the […]

High Butt Tom From inside a small bakery, the automatic door slid open with a soft hiss.Out walked an old man with a goatee, wearing a Qing dynasty-style […]

Ramen Above the Chaos It was a typical noisy afternoon at the mall’s food court. The air was thick with oil smoke and the sound of kitchen exhaust […]

Ten Years Underground Just a few days ago, in the basement of a small house, there lived a man—completely naked, with a body made entirely of muscle. His […]

The One and Only It was a scorching summer day—part of a class-wide field trip to a remote hot spring resort in the mountains. In front of the […]