Category: Coming of Age
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When Mangoes Fall
The Bus Ride Home Tawan, affectionately called Tao, peered out the dusty window of the rickety bus. The countryside stretched wide and welcoming outside, lush and alive with a patchwork of green rice fields shimmering under the sun. Bangkok had been thrilling in its own way—towering skyscrapers, neon signs, late-night study sessions at the university […]
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Deep Blue Devotion
THE MORNING LIGHT A silent hush stretched across the darkened coastline of a small fishing village in southeastern South Korea. Only the distant hum of gentle waves disturbed the stillness of pre-dawn. A single lamppost cast a dim glow across the wooden pier, illuminating the silhouette of small fishing boats bobbing in the harbor. In […]
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A New Road To Love
Jake stepped off the bus and onto the bustling sidewalk in central Melbourne, a wide-eyed young man with a simple duffel bag slung over his shoulder. He was twenty-two years old, fresh out of a small country town called Greenvale, and still blinking in the brilliant city lights that shone day and night in this […]