Mugen Anthology

"Falna...as long as a Ragtonia lives, the Necromancer will feed off of their life force. He took too much from you. He killed you. But I can give your life back to you, if you'll choose to start living as a Liesian again & fight the Necromancer. When the Necromancer attacked this country, several thousand people were killed. Several thousand more had parts of their bodies stolen. They all became Ragtonia. Kill the Necromancer, release the Ragtonia and free this country from horror & destruction."
(Source: Aurora Publishing)

Carava Serai follows the unusual adventures of two young men, Tuz and Sahar, as they travel to different cities in the desert.

Other stories included in the first volume:
Sekai No Hate No Ido (世界の果ての井戸); Mugen Anthology Vol. 2 [2006-06-07]
A princess is ordered by her mother to find a fountain who's water is said to grant a person happiness, and bring her back the water in... A wicker basket?
Rakuen no Izumi (楽園の泉); Mugen Anthology Vol. 7 [2007-09-07]
Kaze No Ya and Yukka live in the fifth world which consists of seven total worlds, and it believed that the soul will travel to sixth world when one dies. Kaze No Ya sets out to find Yukka after she disappears mysteriously one night from her family's tent.
Hakuryuu Tei Kitan (白龍亭奇譚); Mugen Anthology Vol. 12 [2008-12-08]
A young man stops over at the White Dragon Inn while traveling in the mountains where it is said a dragon god resides, and there is an unusual abundance of various animals. After getting up to get a drink of water the young man sees something very surprising as well as worrying...

Tengujin is a story about two twin brothers who live in a slightly futuristic Japan where the Eastern and Western regions are splitting apart and have formed two warring nations. When Gods of the world, mainly tengu, seek to influence the start and end of the events that lead to war, the younger twin, Mozuku, desires to end the idiotic war and meets with the God of the West, Sai, with his older brother, Shinonome.
 "Zanouka," the second story in Tengujin, is about the former incarnations of Mozuku and Shinonome.
(Source: Aurora Publishing)

A traveler in search of his father chances upon a pair of twins about to be buried by their village. The villagers claim the two are cursed but he rescues them. He soon finds out what makes the villagers fear them: the siblings can hear the devils and angels speak. But he has his own secrets as well...

Only in autumn when the dead leaves flutter about can Akino meet the mysterious boy who lives inside the deep blue tree.

Yoshinatsu is a one-shot about a friend that will not be forgotten. 
(Source: sumomoyumeka.livejournal.com)

The flower in Itadori will bloom in the summer, taking his life as it took his sister's but giving others longer lives, but how can he leave his childhood friend Rakka behind...?
(Source: Psycho Pandas)

A short one-shot about someone who is taken in from the cold by the only person to notice him, a young man named Taiyou.

Published in Mugen Anthology Vol. 12:Christmas Rose no Hatsukoi (2008-12-08)

In order to restore the Great Dream Tree of Elfland to life, Kiki, a mare, has to eat bad dreams that plague people’s hearts and foster good dreams so that they sleep well. Aided by Gilly, the tree guardian, and the garden elves, she wanders the human world. However, the world is a dangerous place...

Healing sicknesses and exterminating ghosts are his specialties! The story of the renowned doctor who has alighted to the earth, Hua Tuo’s great accomplishments! The setting is in China during the period of the Three Kingdoms!

The one who manages to cure ailments, and even perform exorcisms and exterminate monsters with ease is the great doctor Hua Tuo. And he asks not for monetary payment, but for a recital of the prayer, “Namuamidahba.” What could the true goal of Hua Tuo be as he travels with his two mysterious companions, Ri Yao and Yue Jing, who are constantly trying to keep him in check…? 

(Source: Shodensha, translated)

Pinky promise. If you lie then you have to swallow a thousand needles and your finger will be chopped off. Kiriko is a little girl who makes pinky promises with various people who expect her to pay for them, looking forward the day they run out of fingers to make promises with or break their promise. An adorable yet creepy 8 page oneshot.

Shin and Leona are childhood friends – she has always been fascinated with the mysteries of the ancient Near East, and he has always been fascinated with her, to the point where he is ready to follow her thousands of years in the past, to the days of the Kingdom of Babylonia, where she has a very special part to play…

By all appearances, the ties that bind High King Madeth and the knight Lalvan, his childhood friend, are made of the sternest stuff. But in truth, their friendship has always struck a most delicate balance. With the arrival of Lady Prima and the birth of her son, Perseus, not long after, the precarious harmony between Madeth and Lalvan crumbles. And when the young Perseus, harboring questions about his lineage, seeks out Lalvan, will the repercussions be much greater than a friendship lost? A lone angel, its eyes replete with sadness, looks on as the tragedy unfolds...
(Source: Yen Press)

Shuhei Kurata is stuck. Going to a new school where he doesn’t fit in, standing still as his old friends leave him behind. Watching silently as the woman he loves slips further and further away. He feels detached and out of place, as if maybe it all might be a dream. Perhaps it is…