"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.