On a damp August morning in Tokyo, I watched a salaryman leave a convenience store carrying a single, almost comically […]

On a grey February morning, the notary’s office waiting room looks oddly tense. A brother scrolls on his phone without

At 7:12 a.m., Léa is standing barefoot in her kitchen, staring at the little “19” glowing on her thermostat. Outside,

The smell hit her before she even turned on the light. Not the horror-story kind, just that vague mix of

The cake came out of the oven looking like a commercial: high dome, deep brown, that faint shimmer of melted

The remote slipped again. You lean forward, hand groping between sofa cushions, eyes still glued to the football match or

The first time I noticed the butterflies, I was standing at the kitchen window, coffee in hand, half awake. The

The sea was flat as glass when the sonar first picked up the shape. No drama, no howling wind, just

You’re at the bank, or signing for a parcel, and the clerk spins the receipt toward you. You scribble your

The first sign isn’t on a weather map. It’s that strange, metallic cold on your face when you step outside,

The scene repeats itself every winter. You walk into a friend’s apartment, shivering from the street, and they say with