by SODA (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/9664.html) The planet of Tori is famous for many things. It is the only planet that still doesn’t allow any of its guests to stay overnight. It is the only planet that only allows male visitors to enter. It is a planet whose beautiful scenery and landscaping is renowned but never copied […]
Category Archives: Bang*Bang no. 4
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Feb
Memory
by Shin De (シン・デ) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/9895.html) It had been years since, but it was still vivid in the way that cherished memories were, and simple in the way that only kids could remember. Things had been far less complicated then. You could get away with a lot when you were seven. His mother had thought […]
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Feb
A Common Interest
by Chikyouiko (小胸囲娘) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/10036.html) I wouldn’t by any means classify myself as a ‘relationship expert’. What teenage boy is? But I have flicked through my older sister’s magazine collection once or twice, so that may give me a slight advantage over my peers. I mean, who would know more about ‘How to Soothe a […]
14
Feb
Seven Wonders Series #1: Remains To Be Seen
by Chikamichi Tano (近路 楽) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/10387.html) Ranmaru noticed him for the first time during lunch break on Valentine’s Day. His homeroom, 2-B, consisted of students from both Meiken and Juuban junior highs, so when lunch was called roughly half the female population– mostly those from Meiken– crowded around Ranmaru to present him with a […]
14
Feb
Your Cover’s Blown
by Shinju Yuri (真珠百合) illustrated by calintz (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/10498.html) He’d never fallen in love before but he’d always thought it would be like the feeling when you slotted something into place and knew, even before you turned on the steam and watched the gears begin to move, that everything was where it was supposed to […]
14
Feb
The Tao Master
by Koizumi Shinme (恋墨新芽) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/10953.html) In olden days the Tao masters were much revered in the capitol, where daily the fears of the highborn were averted only through the vigilance and skill of a few powerful men. One such man was Seimei, who, coming out of his home one morning in early autumn, chanced […]
14
Feb
Foul Play (Time-out! 2)
by Mamih Lapinatapai (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/11115.html) Just when Colin G. West (middle name still censored, for self-protection, of course) thinks he knows everything about Matthew James Brose, somebody poisons the local water supply a la Batman Beyond, or kidnaps the original and replaces Matthew with an alien baby. Whatever. The point is that all of a […]
14
Feb
Under The Weight Of Your Wings
by Yoshida Kasumi (由堕 霞) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/11412.html) The first impression I ever had of him was softness. Wings composed of fluffy black feathers swept through the air behind him, and something deep down beneath the chilly blue of his eyes seemed to beg to be touched. It was thoughtlessness that made me reach out, all […]
14
Feb
The Curse Of Venus
by Yamanashi Moe (山梨もえ) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/11675.html) “Throughout history,” intoned Mark with mock solemnity in his voice, “there have been a select few men and women whose potent beauty can only be seen as the blessing of Venus, Goddess of Love. Their power bewitched millions. They are the faces that, literally or metaphorically, launched a thousand […]
14
Feb
Created Perfection
by Satoimo Taro (里芋たろ) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/11998.html) He was a sleek dark man who hunted game and fish and undead things in the wild places where roads would not go. For a while he would leave the city and sleep on board a trade caravan setting out, then slip away as it was passing through the […]
14
Feb
Bedtime Stories
by H. Kiyosumi illustrated by baby_pen (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/12088.html) A In the land of A. was an Elven lord whose wife delivered a child during the third hour of the winter solstice, and in accordance with the stars they named this child Anotsu — Well, it’s not my fault you didn’t want to hear about a […]
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Feb
The Problem With Puberty
by Tamanegi Amai (玉葱亜麻衣) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/12509.html) THE INITIAL PROBLEM It was at the main gate on the first day of class that Len realized something Very Wrong had happened over the span of several months. He had refused to acknowledge it before, but now…he had no choice but to. Five foot seven. He stared. Five […]
14
Feb
The Singing Moon
by Rei (レイ) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/12737.html) Yuan Jei first sees him in a busy teahouse, their eyes meeting over delicate porcelain cups, blue dragons winding a blazing path through white ceramic on the outside, slender green phoenixes tracking an invisible path on the inside, the cool grey of his oolong tea contrasting perfectly with the scalding […]
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Feb
Just A Tuesday Afternoon
by Ms. C. Mouse (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/13053.html) Eric wasn’t surprised to find the front door ajar and the key in the lock when he returned home from school. His brother Jon was such an airhead. The kid was in 8th grade now, but he couldn’t scrape together enough common sense to take care of himself. Obnoxiously […]
14
Feb
The Son Of Gods
by Mitsui Matsuri (蜜井茉莉) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/13124.html) “My mother used to be human,” said Katashi, one night. Yori blinked slowly, his pale lashes catching the gleam of firelight. “Ah. What is she now?” “A goddess.” “Of course. What was it like?” A scream across the encampment interrupted them — one of the prisoners, Yori surmised, tortured […]
