Prison Escapes and Friendship

Yoshie Shiratori’s Remarkable Prison Escapes

Kaushik Patowary | Amusing Planet | 7th October 2025

Story of Yoshie Shiratori, a legend among escape artists for his four prison breaks in Japan, each more incredible-sounding than the last. After his third recapture and imprisonment, he would spit a little miso soup onto his handcuffs and food slot every day. The salt in the soup slowly corroded the iron until one day, he dislocated his shoulders to squeeze out through the food slot (1,500 words)

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An Existential Guide To Making Friends

The Shadowed Archive | 27th September 2025

“The first thing you need to know is that friendship is not natural. Every friend you’ve ever had has wronged you. They drift. They acquire a dog with a complicated gut. They move to a suburb called Something-Heath where the last bus leaves at 9.12. Even the ones who stay close eventually betray you by dying. And if they don’t, you’ll betray them first. This is the contract hidden in the handshake” (3,200 words)