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A Penance for Perdition

A Penance for Perdition

by | Apr 3, 2026 | K, Kiyoshi Hirawa, Short Story

It was a city that flourished and a city that festered. Its dominion rose and its rot deepened, growth and gangrene pacing each other. +++++Above all, it was a city that yearned to recover, to heal, but it first needed to repent, and it did not know how. The forsaken...
But the Fighter Still Remains

But the Fighter Still Remains

by | Sep 19, 2025 | K, Kiyoshi Hirawa, Short Story

I saw my brother on TV more than I talked to him. There was nothing malicious or begrudging about the arrangement, just the unfortunate untangling of two grown siblings on separate self-destructive paths. I called him when I could, usually around the main holidays,...