“You said it was yours.” Ray looked down at the tiny paper crane resting on the post office counter. It was no larger than his thumbnail. Its wings were …

By the time the faded photograph came back, I had already decided that the rooftop garden was not meant for people like me. I had been standing beside the he…

“If you came here looking for the truth, you should know it was never meant to be easy.” The voice came from the far end of the neglected garden. Mara stop…

“You should have said something sooner.” Daniel stood in the doorway of the old bookshop, listening to the rain tick against the glass. The camera was sitt…

“You can’t take that with you.” Hana stopped with one hand on the ferry terminal gate and looked down at the brass key in her palm. The morning ferry was a…

“I'm sorry. I think you've got the wrong person.” Nora looked up from the hospital chair. The man standing in front of her held a paper cup of coff…

“You can't sell that watch to anyone,” the old baker said. I looked down at the cracked wristwatch in my palm. “I wasn't planning to sell it.” Mr. …