"A Part of Me Stayed" is a collection of three short stories that explore love, loss, silence, and the emotional spaces we often overlook.

Missed

Told from the perspective of a boy who has passed on, Missed reflects on the bond between siblings that even death can't sever. He lingers—watching, remembering, aching—while his family navigates life without him. Through the moments of his funeral, this story captures what it truly means to be missed, and to miss.

Trapped

In Trapped, a man lies in a hospital bed, comatose. To the outside world, he's silent. Inside his mind, though, he's alert—listening, feeling, responding. Caught in the terrifying stillness between life and death, clarity comes too late, as the story edges toward a quiet, devastating end.

Misunderstand

A grieving teenage girl discovers that a treasured family heirloom—one of the last pieces connecting her to her grandfather—is missing. Suspecting her stepmother, she embarks on an emotional quest to retrieve it, only to find out the truth isn't what she expected. Misunderstood is a story about assumptions, family, and the quiet intentions that sometimes go unseen.