Welcome to The Bear Den
My name is Birna Mellbin, and this site is where I put my writing, be it short stories or longer works. With any luck, you will find at least some of them to be interesting, amusing, or otherwise engaging. Writing has long been a passion of mine, and the ability to share my stories with the world means a lot to me (yes, I know it sounds pretentious, but I'm being sincere here, so sue me). Now, without further ado, welcome to The Bear Den. Enjoy your stay.
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It makes sense in context.
01/11/2026
Morning glories, the flowers, are called 'Asagao' in Japanese, which directly translates to 'morning face'. Morning glories are often used to symbolize summer in general and summer vacation in particular in Japanese media.
And as long as you happen to know those things, the title of the eighth entry of this story makes perfect sense.
Having way too much fun with this...
25/10/2026
Part seven of this little drama is centred around Ikeda Yuuki, a character that I actively dislike. But despite that fact, I still had so much fun writing this!
6 out of 28
18/10/2026
This one mostly just came about as the result of me needing to match the story to the available options for a title. But in the end, it ended up being a fun way to further explore both the lighter and the darker aspects of the setting.
As promised.
11/10/2026
With the addition of the fifth entry, I have moved the entire series of short stories into a single entry on the 'Longer Stories' page. Because at this point, I'm almost certain I'm going to keep going all the way to 'Sans Everything'.
This entry is focused on how the production affects different people who are at different stages in their life. Although obviously, given the setting, three of those 'stages' are the three years of high school...
Still stuck.
04/10/2026
If I'm still stuck by next week, I'll move the individual stories into a single entry in the 'Longer Stories' section.