Periphery Stories

English version of this story: https://www.wattpad.com/story/410393970-no-ponto-de-%C3%B4nibus so that our English-speaking friends can also enjoy it. At a random bus stop in São Paulo, a father eats warm chicken croquettes from a paper bag while waiting for the bus with his daughter. Between jokes, he transforms the endless wait, the frustration with the public health system, and the harshness of life in poverty into laughter. She, young, restless, and indignant, sees her father transform pain into humor and despair into lightness. But behind the laughter and the croquettes, a dry cough insists on reminding us that not every problem has an easy solution. A short, sharp, and profoundly human story about filial love, resilience, and the Brazilian art of laughing to avoid crying.

Small stories about seemingly insignificant people around the world. But sometimes the strongest and toughest or the sweetest and kindest people are those out of sight and in the shadows. They fight battles no one knows about. Sometimes they have the most interesting lives, wether good or bad. No one gives them much thought. They live in the periphery. This book is dedicated to them. Partly based on true stories. #279 in Short Story (20/05-15) #290 in Short Story (17/05-15)

At the edge of a forgotten war, a Terran pilot finds meaning in a single opponent - a rival who fights with the same precision, the same restraint, the same impossible grace. Years later, when the fighting ends, he begins to question what truly connected them and what it means to be seen by the enemy.