Zimo Shen is a gay man trying to escape his parents' pressure to marry a woman. He goes to the Philippines hoping to find the love he's been searching for, and he believes he has found it in his boyfriend, Alessio Corvino. But things get complicated because of Alessio's best friend, Pearl Jade Grimaldi. She's not only the reason his relationship with Alessio falls apart but also becomes the key player in a darker plan, one that drags Zimo back into the very trap he tried to escape. Single Point of View Tag-Lish Started: Aug - 17 - 25 Ended: Aug - 31 - 25

Mara Torrefranca Buenaventura is one of the "deadliest" girl in her clan. She wears innocence as a mask that hides her wickedness and ruthlessness behind an angelic facade. She's the karma of those people who hurt her first. But one heartbreak would turn all her beliefs against her making her life miserable-chained to her past and ruled by guilt. A prisoner of her own misery. But will a man she viewed as the villain in her life be enough to bend her morals and make her feel what real love is?

Some things are better left unsaid.

Belle Gertrude Escalona is the most rebellious among the Escalona sisters. She does what she want whenever she want to and doesn't really care about the consequences of her actions as long as her father forgives her. She is as carefree as the birds flying in the sky. King Elishua Sandoval only has one goal in his life, and that is NOT to date any of his Uncle's daughters anymore, but Belle happened and he snapped out of it. Iniiwasan niya ang dalaga. But Elishua learned Belle's dark secret and he felt the urge of standing by her side whatever happens. Men Challenge # 09

Since Esmera was abandoned on a stranger's doorstep as a baby, the only person who has looked out for her is herself. Until a lark starts visiting her, leaving behind exotic flowers and iridescent pebbles that the internet doesn't recognise. Esmera can't believe her eyes when she recognises the lark in a painting in a museum. Her investigation takes her to the home of the museum owner, Tauram - a man who is more than he seems. When a magical force summons Esmera and Tauram to Milatanur, the hidden kingdom that is their home, they have no choice but to answer the call. Soon, it is not their decades-long betrothal that binds them but feelings they must ignore for the sakes of their fractured pasts and precarious futures. Around them, nature rebels under the unjust rule of a cruel sorcerer, threatening to engulf Milatanur. The formidable King Ruagu has spies everywhere, and those who aren't on his side turn to it out of fear. Loyalty will rot into betrayal, blood will be paid, and Esmera will be presented with her destiny to wield a weapon of unparalleled power. But only if she can elude her dark past long enough. *** Cover by @-DeeIsDead-

[ONC 2021 Grand Winner] After the events of Ragnarök, the God Vidar has settled in the nice and quiet city of Antwerp where he keeps an eye on the local paranormal community. Nearly a millennium later, Vidar is a grumbling bookstore owner by day and a lazy paranormal detective by night (albeit a slightly furry one during a full moon). The morning after a particularly rough transition, the young teenage girl who normally wastes her days on the skatepark across the street enters his shop, fervently looking for a book on the legend of Brabo and Antigonus. As she struggles to pay, she reveals that the bronze giant has disappeared from the statue on the town square. At the foot of the fountain now lies a body that has been dead for three hundred years. Prompts chosen: (25) The war has ended, and thus the immortals return to their natural state: forgotten, hiding in the shadows until humankind is in need of them once more. They did not expect to be stumbled upon by a young farm apprentice. (*) (60) Rumours of a mysterious dark force under the earth have spread around the city. You are sent to investigate. (*) To fit the plot I have in mind, the young farm apprentice will become a bookstore "apprentice"

Katropa Series Book 13 - Matapos ang matinding trahedyang nangyari sa pamilya sa kamay ng mga tao sa simbahan, tuluyan nang tumalikod ang Nephilim na Lucio sa DIYOS na minsan niyang tinanggap at pinaniniwalaan. Dahil sa matinding poot at pagnanasang makapaghiganti ay wala sa tamang-alumanang nakipagkasundo ito kay Satanas. Ngunit dahil nakipagkagtipan ito sa isang manlilinlang na sinamantala naman ang kalabuan ng kanyang pag-iisip sa panahon ng matinding desperasyon, ay lumagda ito sa kasunduang mabuhay nang walang-hanggang kalakasan at kabataan upang mapamahalaan nito ang mga kampon ng kadiliman, sa loob kahariang minana niya sa kanyang tunay na mga magulang mula sa lahi ng mga Anghel at Engkanto. Language: Filipino Love knows no boundaries. (Lucio and Senda love story) [Editor's Note] Writer: A. Atienza Content Editor: DPEditors Classification: Novel Genre: Cross-genre, Dark Fantasy, Dark Romance Series: Katropa Series Cover Design (WP): A. Atienza Started: February 2019 Completed: April 2024

Engineering students Pfifer and Ivan know that what they have is something special. Without a proper label between them plus an ugly twist of fate, can they manage to be together in the end--or will they remain as each other's TOTGA and nothing more? *** May feelings na laging nandiyan, nakaabang kung kailan magpapapansin. Nakaabang kung kailan ako titisurin sa mga pamilyar na kanta, lugar, at salita. Magpapaalala sa isang mukha na hindi ko naman gano'n kakabisado pero pamilyar. Magpapaalala sa mga dating pakiramdam. Malalaman mo raw kung sino ang The One That Got Away mo kapag narinig mo 'yong salita at nakaalala ka ng iisang tao lang; nakatisod ka ng mga dating pakiramdam; nangulila ka sa mga nakaraang saya; nakaalala ka ng mga pamilyar na sakit. Sabi, time heals wounds at distance makes one forget. Bakit parang hindi naman effective? Bitbit ko pa rin lahat ng what if. Hindi pa rin ako makatakas sa maraming sana. Ako ba ang bumitiw o siya? Tapos na ba kami talaga? Ang sarap magtanong kaso...wala nga palang kami noon. Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish.

Rhysand, Everything is in here. I'm sorry I stole them. Your hoodie, your cologne, your earrings, your college shirt and all your other shirts, your watch. The key to this house. I'm not giving you back your lighter. Here's a lollipop instead. If I forgot anything, let me know. - Andy

Cesca and Aloi are service mates in high school--and this is their conversation thread through the years. One-part epistolary.