Cultureshock Stories

"They were born to run. But what happens when the one guiding them remembers their names from a different timeline?" In the blink of an eye, his entire world changed. He died on a cold winter track, carrying the weight of unspoken regrets. Horses no longer ran on four legs beneath jockeys. They stood tall, wore school uniforms, laughed, cried, and chased glittering dreams under stadium lights. Now reborn as a rookie trainer at Tracen Academy, Ryo Takamine's story carries memories that don't belong in this bright new reality. Memories of a quieter world where horses were flesh and blood, where the bond between rider and horse was raw, silent, and deeply personal. Now, every time he watches these girls run, something inside him stirs. Their strides feel hauntingly familiar. Their breathing patterns tug at old instincts. Yet they are so much more than what he once knew. Beings with hearts, fears, ambitions, and voices of their own. How does a man who only understood the old way of racing find his place here? How does he guide souls that are both horse and human? And how long can he keep the truth of his past hidden when every race feels like an echo of something he can never return to? A slow-burn story about memory, longing, and learning to love something that has changed forever. ART CREDITS Original cover art done by: ouri (aya pine)

In a quiet research institute in Japan, Dr. S. Sahani Indian lives a life guided by discipline and silence. Inside the laboratory, everything follows logic and order. But beyond the glass walls, cherry blossoms bloom and fall with the passing seasons-reminding her of the emotions she has long kept hidden. Carrying the weight of past injustice and the quiet strength of motherhood, she has learned to move forward without looking back. Until an unexpected meeting begins to change the stillness of her world. Some encounters feel strangely familiar, as if two souls were meant to cross paths despite time and distance. Unspoken, Unbroken is a gentle story about resilience, motherhood, and the quiet courage to heal while protecting the ones you love. 日本の静かな研究所で、シャリニ博士は研究に没頭する日々を送っている。 研究室の中では、すべてが論理と秩序に従って動いている。 けれどガラスの向こうでは、桜が季節とともに咲き、そして静かに散っていく。 過去の不公平な出来事と、母としての責任を胸に抱えながら、 彼女は静かに前へ進み続けてきた。 そんな彼女の世界に、ある出会いが訪れる。 それは偶然のようでいて、どこか懐かしく、 まるで魂が引き寄せられたかのような出会い。 『Unspoken, Unbroken』は、静かな強さ、母としての愛、 そして心を癒やしていく小さな希望を描いた物語。

When two worlds collide, she is the heat, the light with all of the ferocity of a strong willed woman. What happens when a cold hearted warrior must bring her across the world, away from everything she loves and into the realm of ice...

A secret government agency has unlocked time travel and utilizes it to retrieve children from the past to enrich the future.

Black Hermione x Armin Hermione, in an effort to improve the Wolfsbane potion, becomes trapped in the world of Attack on Titan. ATTACK ON TITAN x HP Crossover

Deepak's experiences are moving and ring true, echoing and enriching truths that have been explored in the body of South Asian immigrant writing. Acharya's prose tends toward the blunt and declaratory, fitting the drudge work that Deepak, who lacks legal work documents, must take on to achieve his dreams." Publishers Weekly

|| 2024 AMBY FANTASY FAVOURITE | ×5 FEATURED || When the ever-skittish, homesick, twelve-year old Fralith accidentally-on-purpose stops a kidnapping, no one knows what to think--especially Fralith. Newly stranded on a planet not his own through a misdirected HomeKin portal, where MetalEaters roar and people stand around staring at rectangles, Fralith struggles to puzzle out rules of the world before he gets eaten. But not all things in this new world are out to get him, and some are even trying to save him. When a flame--haired man begins to teach him the ways of the new world, Fralith starts to realize that there might be hope, healing, and home on this planet. A Fallen HomeKin is a heart-warming, hunger-inducing, adorable story about grief, home, and encountering an entirely alien world. ❗NOW A PUBLISHED BOOK❗ | | 2024 Ambys Fantasy Top Pick 20/1/2025 | | Featured on Fantasy, Middle Grade and Children's Fantasy 8/4/2023 | | Featured on StoriesUndiscovered, Tales of Adventure 5/2/2023 | | Featured on Fantasy, Magical Realism 24/6/2024 | | Featured on Fantasy, Fantasy Spotlight 25/3/2025 | | Featured on Wattpad Ambassadors, Speculative Fiction 30/5/2025 | #1 in the Maddy's awards | #1 in Fantasy in Gloria Regali | #2 in contemporary/teen in Lunar Paragons | And many more! ***This draft is exclusively published on W A T T P A D. If you are reading this elsewhere, your device is liable to malware.***

From Aba, Nigeria, to the bustling streets of Seoul, Osinachi David dreams big-and chaos follows wherever he goes. A boy with nothing but courage, coding skills, and a taste for Afro-Fusion street food, he becomes the first Nigerian to chase his empire in South Korea. Between hilarious disasters, coding mishaps, and misadventures across the city, Osinachi learns that building a business is messy, friendships are priceless, and laughter is mandatory. Follow his journey as he grows from a broke student into a rising entrepreneur, one funny, wild step at a time.

((ongoing)) » After fighting for both his life and freedom in the underground, Eight has finally reached the surface, and he's very quick to become determined to get accustomed to whatever this new and strange life has in store for him. All Eight wants is a chance to live outside of a strict military life, and with help from Off the Hook and the New Squidbeak Splatoon, that opportunity is right at his fingertips. » However, between the drama and potential danger of living in a society that's still growing to accept Octarians once more and returning to the underground in order to restore those who had been sanitized by the insane AI, Commander TarTar, things won't be as easy for Eight as he'd originally hoped.

A story about two people who accidentally rent the same apartment and are forced to stay in the apartment together for a month.Due to Quarantine laws they are prevented from getting another place because of the recent outbreak of the corona virus. The story follows Dominic and Sadé, two very different individuals; Sadé is a very critical, organized introvert who has always longed for her own space while Dominic is quite the spontaneous, outgoing wanderer as they go through an interesting experience . They butt heads heads and struggle to coexist in the same space and to both their surprise they end up learning lessons from each other that they will never forget.

Five women each from different countries make discoveries and go through experiences that will change their lives forever,and force them to question who they really are.Nehal Singh, Vitalya Koroleva, Temiloluwa Folarin,Hwang Ji Hyun, leave their respective countries to find their biological father in England who turns out to be the same man who is also Alyssa Graham's and Lady Melissa Ruthvyn's Father. What happens when they all come together at Brentford House and not only their cultures but personalities clash as well? will they find family and love and will they find much needed answers to their questions?

What happens when Grace Paxton and her boyfriend, Draco Malfoy, go on vacation to the States before their sixth year at Hogwarts? After setting foot in Minnesota for the summer at the Grace's uncle's ranch the two suddenly find themselves in another era. The Prairie days. As in Little House on the Prairie days. Charles Ingalls and his family, Caroline, Laura, Albert, Carrie, and Grace. Draco and Grace spend the time trying to get back and trying to get and stay out of trouble. The story is based upon the TV series Little House on the Prairie

"It's Never the changes we want that change everything." (Chresanto August Story)

Slice of Life? Check! A fun, fictional island? Check! Crime Solving? Check! A police force consisting of various monsters of different folklore and beliefs, along with teenage cyborg? Uh...check!

Welcome to the Inland (a Deleted Scene from the Unexpected Inlander series)

Do you ever get this feeling that something is the most ilogical thing in the world, however you wouldn't do anything differently even if you get a second chance? That's what happens when you wake up in a place that you never saw before, in the body that is definitely not yours. That one time I became Park Jimin. I wouldn't do anything differently. ::Based on true story:: Published 2016 March 5th

There's a 15-hour difference between Billings, Montana, and Tokyo, Japan. A 14-hour difference from Manila. A 6 Hour difference from Dublin. I can recall certain things from every country I've visited. The scent of rain brings back the green pastures of Ireland. Gray rumble can't help but cause my mind to spur with visions of Scotland. Distant fires bring smells that make me remember Ghana. Family pictures take me back to the beaches of the Philippines. Every country I've stepped foot on will always have a place in my heart. And yet, as I sit here at midnight, it always comes back to Japan. I think about the strangers I saw, the temples I walked in, the long hours on the trains. The quiet nights of listening to the dwindling sound of the nightlife outside my apartment, letting the dull glow of the street lights whisk me to slumber. My time in Japan inspired me to keep track of every detail in every day remembered. If I knew that everything I knew would come to a sudden stop, I would have taken care of my journals. I would have made a more vigorous attempt to save the pictures and videos that had been lost from computer corruptions. I would have tried to keep that strong sense of being connected to something higher and meaningful. I'd give up anything to return, even blind to return to the places I once walked in. I miss it all. I cannot forget everything. The stories in this collection are ones I've heard over the past. From family, friends, and strangers, as well as my own personal experiences. I've accumulated a large volume of short stories. How much of these are fake and authentic? I've decided to let the reader to find for themselves.