WATTYS 2020 WINNER FOR HISTORICAL FICTION Ako si Catalina, nagmahal, nasaktan, humiling kay Tala at sumubok muli. Ang buhay ay mapaglaro at tinatawanan ako ng kapalaran sa aking piniling daan. Ang umibig ba ng tapat ay ganito kasakit? Ako ay susuko na ngunit sa aking pagsuko ako ay tumingin sa Tala sa huling pagkakataon at naroon ka. Ikaw na hindi ko inaasahan. Naroon ka. Hanggang sa muli aking... tunay na minamahal.

After being transferred back in time thanks to her great-grandmother's mystical coin, Bella is forced to fight off a group of evil supernaturals who are after her abnormal bloodline, while also trying to figure out a way to get back home. The only way for her to do that is with the help of another - and not quite sophisticated - group of supernaturals who just so happen to have a cute warlock as their leader. [completed] *This was my first published story, guys. I'm sorry if it sucks. I'm thinking about a sequel but I'm not so sure yet.*

Kate and Joseph knew one thing for sure; there were secrets far deadlier than the epidemic. Max knew one thing for sure; he was supposed to be dead two years ago. Nina knew one thing for sure; the royals couldn't be trusted. When Princess Kate and Prince Joseph were forced to leave the safety of their castle, they were faced with an ever growing number of problems. A virus, infamously known as the Spider-Virus, was lethal. Within days of contact, the host would be at the hands of death. However, the epidemic would soon be the least of their problems. Or maybe, it was just the beginning. _____________ MILESTONES First started writing: March 3, 2017 Finished first draft: February 18, 2022 Finished final draft: IN PROGRESS

In the one continent of Pangaea, looming perils threaten all and the one hope to save humanity is not a human at all. Gaijin, a being with godly powers who has been slumbering for several centuries awakes in the future and soon finds himself in a battle to defend humanity from an old foe of his, Pandora and her billions of monsters, along with a newer threat known as the Dakini, an ancient order hellbent on conquering the one continent. With the aid of a unique group of individuals he has met along his journey, he battles these threats whilst learning what it means to be human again from those that he meets.

He ran into her at street theater. She was a force of nature, not a casual first time hire. She brought the house down with her performance, literally pulled the audience to their feet in standing ovation. Her performance was too real, unnerving, deeply unsettling to him. He spent all his energy keeping up with her. At the end of the play, she snatched her earnings from the director's hands and ran away, leaving a trail of questions behind her, the most burning one in his mind was: Would he ever see her again? ____________________ This ongoing novel imagines a world that our younger generations inherit after a series of successive presidencies in the same vein as the current model. There is no need for erecting walls, as the biggest divide created by humanity - that of social class - takes care of a post modern segregation. The poor are literally marginalized into slum-like townships and tend to be of color. The names of these townships would be enough to tell you their story. The rich, well, remain happily oblivious in the big American cities. In this world find a mysterious girl whose identity must be hidden or she would be hunted down and a young street actor who falls for her intrigue. Discover how they survive, born into a society not prepared to give them a chance. For them, the dystopia came without an apocalypse. Copyrighted 2018 _________________________________________________ Updates every 5-6 days. Currently on hiatus for revisions. Most impressive rank: #87 in dystopia/dystopian #90 in future (17/09/18) ________________________________________________________ Cover credits: Thanks are due to the amazing New Zealand artist Shane Rebenschied who allowed me to use one of his illustrations on his portfolio at http://blot.com. I used basic photoshopping to add some shades and used the awesome text effects from http://picturetopeople.com

The future isn't friendly. People in Meta are dying from a mysterious disease and Sean wants to know why. But in the Core, asking the wrong question can be dangerous. Pursuing the answers, Sean and his friends embark on a perilous journey that will put them on a collision course with the malevolent Niles Galvin, the most powerful and treacherous oligarch on the planet. Could Susan's Plague be something more sinister than they thought? Will they discover a much darker side to the oppressive oligarchy that rules them? Sean finds himself caught up in the complex machinations of an evil man bent on seizing and controlling the power of the past for his use to rule the present. With their lives hanging in the balance, Sean struggles to save himself and his friends when he realizes the truth has dire consequences. By Rick Chisholm Copyright © 2014 Rick Chisholm All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or in any means – by electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without prior written permission.