The sixteen-year old heir of Favilion's legacy was known for being a great campus journalist and he created a blog called "Black Label" that exploits the government. He had an almost perfect life, not until his parents were killed, and he must find the culprit before the culprit find and kill him. *** Agasé's life was almost perfect. Not until his parents were killed by anonymous people. Then, he found a clue that will point out who's the killer---there are big people behind it. The event made his teenage life different from others. Also, that incident provoked him to continue the exploitation of the wrong deeds of the government. He wrote novels that tell stories that condemning the government's terrible actions. He used his money to investigate and seek justice for the merciless actions. He created a blog site named "Black Label" where he exposed them. He was given a chance to confide the secrets of the past. Narrate the truth about the things that ruined the present. Unfold the secrets of the future. This is his story . . . before he sees the future. VimLights | WATTYS 2021 WINNER UNDER MYSTERY/THRILLER| | WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST | | EDITOR'S PICK APRIL 2022 | Book Cover by: @Art_Ching @ArtChing [Facebook page] (Christmas Event Book Cover giveaway) Disclaimer: This is written in Filipino-English Language. This story includes Violence, and Language. Read at your own risk. Date Started: January 1, 2021 Date Finished: February 15, 2021

"I feel more than infinite with you." When Adrian died, Annara, a student library assistant, began hearing ghostly voices. Later in life, she meets Wicker, who resembles him, and this changes everything, making her realize that those strange voices were all in her head while revealing some of her secrets; that Adrian did not die the way everyone thought he'd be. *** Mula pagkabata, hanggang sa sila ay tumanda, hahawakan ni Annara ang pangakong binitawan sa kanya ni Adrian; na magsasama sila habangbuhay at siya lang ang tangi nitong mamahalin. They were so in love and so young. She used to write him letters, he always reserved a seat for her, and they both enjoy doing things that excite them. Annara's heart and soul were torn apart when Adrian died in a tragic accident when she was young. She begins hearing odd mystical voices in sorrow from him-voices she couldn't comprehend, as if all noises were emanating from beneath the ground. Some may find it distracting and unpleasant, but she finds it terrifying and intrusive. And then Wicker appeared, who resembled the man she had previously fallen in love with and poured her dearest affection into. He had a striking resemblance to Adrian. Parang pinagbiyak na bunga ang katangian at hitsura nila. He happened and changed everything. Nang dumating ang lalaking ito sa buhay niya, nanumbalik ang lahat ng alaala niya para kay Adrian. She began hearing lesser voices. Pawang binubura ng lalaking ito ang mga ingay na noo'y kinatatakutan niya. Those voices began to sing a different melody, with an unusual tone she hadn't heard in a long time. Could he be the one who helps her get rid of these voices, or will he make things worse? You may hear different sounds everywhere, every day. But it is somehow unsettling if you could hear strange voices of the dead.

WATTYS 2021 WINNER (YOUNG ADULT CATEGORY) Country girl Yngrid Bartolome only wanted two simple things: 1. To enjoy music 2. To enjoy music together with her best friend Rafael Castro Yngrid knew that deep inside her, Rafael holds a more important part in her heart. Sadly, Rafael is a busy man who has a lot to carry on his shoulders; their lives were simply far apart from each other. With the exchange of cassette tapes every 17th day of the month with one another, Yngrid hopes Rafael will notice her feelings for him someday. Even if it means a heartbreak, and a friendship that may fall apart. •• Language: Filipino

| Wattys 2021 Winner | [ Project Memoria ] "The Marcoses have fled the country," anunsyo ng DZRH. Kasabay ng kalayaang minimithi ng aking bayan ay ang pagpapalaya ko... sa nag-iisang mundong kinamulatan. *** Ceres is a Star But he mistook her For the Moon Because his World Is nowhere near And orbiting out of tune Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Date Started: September 14, 2020 Date Finished: December 18, 2020

The Wattys 2021 Winner under Mystery/Thriller category Naglitnaw Series #1 In this book, with a fairytale-like storyline, that will be discovered by Elio in the middle of a forest. There is no golden hair, no thief prince, no castle, no flying lights, but there is a mother and an isolated child, with a dive inside manipulation between truths . . . and lies. ⁂ Elio is a nineteen-year-old boy who loves the risk in everything he does. One of these is befriending a girl he finds in a forest, who greeted him with a knife in her hand and fear on her face. This is not a fairytale, no princess and prince, but it is full of abuse that is not visible to the eye. Language: Filipino Photo by Toni Oprea on Unsplash

Ang akala ko ay isang bangungot lang ang nangyari noong alas tres ng madaling araw. Ang hindi ko alam, noong oras din pa lang 'yon sinimulan ko nang itago ang mga sikreto ko. DATE STARTED: FEBRUARY 10, 2021 DATE FINISHED : JULY 04, 2021 All the photos used in this story are not mine. Credits to the respective owners.

Regan Cordova yearns to taste true freedom. So when an opportunity to be independent arrives, he takes it without any second thoughts. With a clear goal in mind, he's ready to prove that he's not just a mere shadow following his parents' footsteps. But because of a single mishap, a fire that he thought had burned out long ago starts to blaze stronger than before. Treyton Franco, with his unruly wild hair and lethal eyes, cannonballs back into his life and messes him up big time. The two share an unwanted past and to exact revenge, Treyton uses it to make Regan's world a living hell. But how did love flourish amidst hate and relentless rage? After everything Regan has gone through, why does his heart still beat for the person he can't pursue? And when he's being chased by the man who brought him pain, will he still allow himself to be drawn to his flame?

"Wattys 2021 Winner in Paranormal Category" Ireald Mecelio was in a great depressing reality. After losing the only hope she had in life, confussion resurfaced at the pond. Her heart that filled despair, and her mind that clouded with anger, came up with a plan to revive the hunter to hunt the sinner. *** Ireald's depression was at the edge of all edges. It cannot be seen as effecting consequences of what she had seen and encountered. The hope to continuing goodness upon her will disappeared with a trace of madness, causing the misery to enveloping the reality. Upon knowing the truth that the darkest reason will bring calamity, the plan that drive of despair had lead humanity to fear. In an instant, as like a sudden hit of lightning, the sinner fades. And like a bubble of nonsense, it completely devoured by darkness. But something in the pond, a lurking unknown that make sense of the confussion a writer has in life. The seeds and the reasons, the goodness or darkest in it, every choices lead everything at mess. *** All Rights Reserved 2020 Started: October 25, 2020 Finished: November 21, 2020 Editing: May (06-29), 2021 Editing: March (19-29), 2022

WATTYS 2021 WINNER A young dedicated policeman vows to find the motive behind the death of a ghost who's also the ex-master of the crime group he has been hunting for years. *** After a dangerous police operation, Inigo Herrera, a young yet dedicated police officer meets the seemingly annoying and loud Callista Shae Gravoso---the mastermind of Crimson group---a wanted murder society. After discovering that Callista is a ghost who died seven years ago and that only him can see her, Callista never stops pestering Inigo. The criminal ghost asks Inigo to help her in an unfinished business but the latter shuts her out. But then after an unprecedented incident which shocks the young policeman, he finally decides to help her and vows to find the reason behind her unknown death. Little did he know, there's more to unravel than Callista's mystery. The mist of Inigo's hazy passion, past, identity and love will gradually vanish along the way. "Kung kailangan na nga kitang pakawalan para mailigtas ang isa sa'tin, then please, just let me love you now. And I'll save you forever." - Police Master Sergeant Inigo Herrera Date Started: June 28, 2020 Date Ended: December 11, 2020

[THE WATTYS 2021 WINNER] [COMPLETED] In the secluded part of Canlubang Laguna, a game where a clueless lamb will be lured to a manipulated fate of lingering wild. Not knowing a past that has yet to be forgotten will re-open 18 years later. Date Started: April 10, 2020 Date Ended: May 19, 2020