What is love? Written ©️ 2014

Georgina is homeless and broke, and her ex-boyfriend came to her rescue by letting her temporarily stay in his house. But with the two of them living together, how big is the chance that their old flame will be rekindled? *** After being thrown out of her apartment, Georgina has nowhere else to go. Her dwindling options lead her to call Dwight, her ex-boyfriend, to ask for his help even if it is against her will. She promises him that the set-up is temporary, but fate has got other plans. Living with him makes her reminisce not only the unpleasant circumstances that once broke them apart but also the love they once felt. Will their old flame be rekindled, or is their story bound to end up with a second heartbreak? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish Cover Design by Louise De Ramos *** Editor's Pick - September 2023, June 2025

Isang babae ang hindi inaasahang makilala ni Mikko, babaeng hindi niya inaakalang magpapahulog sa kanyang loob at magpaparamdam sa kanya ng tunay na pag-ibig. Ngunit paano kung isang nakagugulantang na katotohan ang kanyang malaman?

IDLE DESIRE 10: HERSCHEL AIVAN ORSON Kyerra Francine Alcantara, the black sheep in her family. A beautiful woman --- who is a troublemaker and brings disgrace to her family. She knows in herself that she is a sinner and she has already committed many sins. The woman who believes that the world is cruel to her. That she was born to feel pain, envy and emptiness. She hates herself, as well as those around her. She always wants to be alone and pushes people away from her. Because Kyerra believes that no one wants to be with her, and she always thinks that everyone who comes close to her will betray her. She is the woman who desperately wants to survive, even though she is the one who is struggling and wants to give up. She is the woman who wants to cope with the broken family and she couldn't find her home. And she is the one who wants to move on after the one she loves dies. But she can't believe that she will be even more sinful by falling in love with this gorgeous, hunky priest --- Herschel Aivan Orson. Will she be able to suppress her lust, desire and love for Herschel before it's too late? Paano na lang kung bumalik ang unang lalaking kanyang minahal? Na buong akala niya na ito na ang magiging huling lalaking kanyang mamahalin? Can she find her happiness, even if those around her are hiding something from her? O mas pipiliin niya nga ba ang sarili niyang nararamdaman para kay Herschel kahit pa na mali sa mata ng mga tao ang kanyang makasalanang pag-ibig? Illustration by: Sake Sale

She's vile; She's cold; She's elusive-and she has a secret. . . Sinclair Emberwood is meek and quiet, like a worn and torn doll, thrown away into the basement of the baron's manor. A neglected child, labeled as weak and lowly. The disgraceful result of an affair-an illegitimate child with no power. To make matters worse, she was sold for a bargain price. Married off to a northern Duke that barely acknowledges her existence. However, there's something more to her than meets the eye. . . Her only role is to be weak, to meet a horrible end at the hands of her own husband-after being found out as the last witch. She's just one of the poorly written side characters of the Novel "Shadows of Lumina" that Cleobelle Samaniego reads. Little did she know that soon, she'd wake up inside the very novel she's currently reading-reborn as the pitiful side character, Sinclair Emberwood. Or shall I say. . . The Last Witch? THE LAST WITCH (RESURRECTION SERIES #4) By: peculiarlullaby

Lavender Grazei, a top student at Edenbrook University majoring in Literature, faces an unexpected twist when she wakes up in the body of Queen Luminara after encountering death on a Lumina Cruise. Lost and confused, she must find a way to return to the real world to uncover the mystery of her death and escape the despised queen's body.

THE WATTYS 2025 SHORLIST A heiress lived with luxury, would meet her fate full of misery, and got her resurrected in an enchanted realm full of mystery.... Gabrielle Fuentes lived a lavish life as an adopted child to the Fuentes family. She became the sole heiress to all their properties and was in her fourth year as a legal management student. Amidst it all, Gabbie wasn't on cloud nine, and her life seemed to be lacking. She found determination by reading books, and the Empire of Lumina was her favorite world to live in. Not until Gabbie and her friends were invited to the birthday and engagement celebration on the Lumina Cruise. It went well as usual, but with the twist of fate, an accident drowned her to death, making her think she would die unprepared. Unbeknownst to her, she woke up one day in the south, a division of fire, Pyropolis within the Empire of Lumina she was once known, but now reincarnated as Aurelia Vespertine, a daughter from the Emperor's concubine, often neglected, abandoned, and considered as a slave. With her new identity, she would start her quest to unravel the mystery of the catastrophic occurrence that nearly claimed her life, and to point out who was the villain and the puppet who tried to kill her. Like an inferno in the twilight, the flames of the Twilight Heiress would consume all veils of deception, leaving no remnants of doubt in her wake.

She is Elvira Anderson, beautiful and intelligent woman. Adopted by the Anderson family. Currently studying at Edenbrook University. Adel, the biological daughter of Mabel and Leonard Anderson, hates her so much that she almost wants her out of their lives. Due to an unexpected incident on the Lumina Cruise, Adel attempts to kill her. But Elvira ended up falling into the water with her. Gradually losing her breath, she thought she was going to die, but the twist happened. She suddenly woke up in the midst of death, where those around her are killing each other. But what she didn't expect was that she was in the body of Liora Celestia, the cursed princess from the Kingdom of Aurorium. | TAGLISH STORY |

In the near dystopian future where the population has blown up, women and the poor are more oppressed, and those with positions who abuse their power remain unscathed, a girl called Sunny wants nothing more than to break the vicious system. But how can she do this if all they can do is run for their lives? *** In the year 2070, impulsive, tactless, and hardheaded Sonia "Sunny" Gallego enters the First Ward Academy with a goal in mind: get an important position at the Capital and break the rotten system. She abhors that women and the poor are oppressed yet again, and those in positions of power are still abusing their authorities, only now coupled with advanced technology. With royal face-offs, ultimate meat researches, past secrets, and family revelations coming her way, she learns that what she has in mind is not an easy task. Will she be able to break the system or will she be a part of it? "Life is a race," they say, "so run for your life!" DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano"

[TAG-LISH] "hiddens" are species who have an altered genome in their DNA and is considered a genetic failure that has evolved during conception and is considered higher than the average human in terms of intelligence and capabilities. Elise is an orphan who recently discovered she's a psychic who has the clairvoyance ability, she was recommended to a different school, The Cross Institute as a transferee. Project: X is launched against neolution, a progressive scientific organization marked by genetic meddling and physical alterations, among other scientific developments, set on self-directed evolution. Their main goal is to preach transhumanism, or the so-called H+ movement, they advocate transformation of the human condition by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly enhance human intellect and physiology. Hunting hiddens and studying them by trying to learn how they can acquire their abilities through surgical means and by performing experiments but their ways have always been inhumane. Elise was caught in between the chaos of being a part of project: X, to fight against the H+ movement, where she unravels the mystery behind it that might also lead to her true identity.