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Author: Ukari (translated with author’s permission, please visit their website to see the original Japanese works!)

To say here is far, and to call yonder nearby. Stories on the edge of the every day, strange tales you may or may not be moved by. Strange, curious, fantastic stories told by me, you, him and her. There are many stories but they’re all concluded within a single page, each story around 200 to 1200 characters in length, a short story collection you can easily read. Please enjoy them. Updated every Saturday at 6pm.

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It was, at a glance, a happy wedding.

The bride smiled happily. The groom smiled happily. Their family and friends all had sincere smiles as well.

As they received blessings from the attendees, the newly married couple reached the door of the church. After that, they were to take commemorative photos outside.

The couple opened the door, and for a moment, light filled the church.

As the bride was lit up from the outside, we could see numerous black death masks through the transparent white part of her skirt.

I didn’t say a thing.

Nobody said a thing.

 

Original Japanese

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