They say the classics never really went away. Like those red doll shoes that somehow manage to never go out of style. My guess is you can still spot at least one of these in this day and age: 1. A vinyl of Billy Joel's Piano Man spinning on your college roommate's desk 2. Love letters scribbled on the backs of postcards (Or) 3. A stack of developed film photos resting on your coffee table For Ian Decalion, his memory of a classic goes like this: 1. A yellow-orange tint spilling over the sea 2. The butter-yellow sundress (And) 3. A haunting seven-year love he never confessed... to a girl who's bound to break everyone's heart anyway My guess again? Some classics are just meant to last and haunt you for a lifetime. Stand-alone Novel LACED-UP MARY JANES June 2025 Started: June 11, 2025 [Part One] Finished: -- [Part Two] Finished: --

Growing up together, Luciana Raphaella Tiongson believed her friendship with her best friend would last for a lifetime. Until she needed to move and they simply grew apart. She tried her best to hold on, but the connection she treasured was already severed to shreds. There was nothing left to do but to let him go. Raffie continued to live on with projects after projects when she received the best offer she could ever imagine. It was a complete three-sixty with Raffie going back to where her dreams started. In her old bedroom with her childhood best friend inside a makeshift fort, watching films together with honey-dipped popcorns. Until the severed pieces became whole again, making her remember how everything used be. With only her and him and no one else in between. Only Yours - an epistolary novel Completed (2025).

AFTER HEARTACHES SERIES #3 Milana Ortega stands on a dead-end. Her life stopped when she broke someone's heart and when she broke her own. Her life stopped when she needed to care for her ailing mother. Lev Abriel Exconde can't seem to outrun his past. Stuck in a endless cycle of pursuing his dreams and questioning who those dreams were for, Abe is desperate for answers. Can a love that knows grief all too well change their paths? * * * ONCE MISSED, TWICE LOVED halfbakedwriter © 2024 Book Cover Illustration by Yzabelle (izzazazaie) Book Cover Background from Freepik

[THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF A TWO-PART STORY.] 'Do what makes you happy; be with whoever makes you happy,' they say. But what if the things or people that make you happy aren't what you need? There are some things that go together that make you happy but don't necessarily result to something good in the long run. But you keep coming back to it. Like your heart is bound to keep wanting it. Like drugs and candy. Like cigarettes and alcohol. Like tempting fatty foods and a high-sugar drink. Like two hearts bound to retrace its steps back to each other, craving for the familiar rush. And after sleeping with her ex-boyfriend's best friend, Nadia finds her and Elias in this same category. Lovestruck Series: HEARTBOUND (Part Two of Two) ynativity, 2024 Cover illustration by charameldraws

r18+ 'seggs playlist 'yon.' one day. a long drive. and a playlist of explicit songs. what could happen? -- an epistolary novel for the record

❝There's always beauty in the mundane.❞ ***** Writer Annika Elaine "Niks" Antonio never thinks about the gray minutes of elevator rides on Tuesdays. That is until she moves in the same building as the adventurous Kai Maverick "Mavi" Ancheta. Mavi leaves a lasting impression and so does Niks. Little by little, they discover the invisible strings connecting them. Mishaps ensue and the two find themselves constantly stuck in each other's orbits. Will they color outside the lines drawn by fate? Or will they stay inside its confines and find the beauty that always lie in the mundane? [tuesdays are better than mondays, an epistolary novel] floeful || 2024 ||

There are some things that aren't worth keeping. Nastia Kahlila Quijano has been convincing herself that walking away was the right thing she did. Even if it's already been three long years ever since she left. But with every passing second and every in-between of those years, she couldn't seem to getaway with the feelings still lingering in her system. She was haunted by the ideas of him, what might have been, and their memories together. Each day, each night; it was a choice she didn't want to regret. She was determined to move forward. But the biggest relapse struck her unexpectedly. All of her effort and hard work went down the drain. She couldn't seem to pull herself back from the memories reeling her in. From the phantom lurking in the form of her next door neighbor seemingly pulling her back to his arms. Maybe she should run away. Far enough where they wouldn't meet ever again. Far from his reach. Maybe she should treat him indifferently until he finally gives up. But Nika couldn't seem to handle the thought of him walking away and ending up with someone else. She couldn't have that either. Maybe, it was time for her to let things happen like clockwork. Maybe fighting it was futile. Maybe the right thing to do was run back to him. In his arms wide open. A place in the world that's only meant for her. Maybe, this time, they were meant to be. Book cover by: goldenaraw (on twitter)

ELYU SERIES #3 In this lifetime, there will always be someone meant for you. Some are lucky and would meet them early in their lives - a highschool sweetheart, a noisy neighbor, a college roommate. Others would meet them halfway through their lives - an unexpected workmate, a terror boss who turned out to be a lover, a person sitting next to you at the bus station. Iyon ang paniniwala ni Karlo Chi Ong. Kaya nang mamatay ang first love niya noong high school, hindi na ito nag-abala pang humanap ng iba. Para sa kaniya ay tapos na ang storya. The death of his first love cut his story short and now, he has to carry on without expecting somebody else to arrive. Until... he decided to finally look at her. The girl who had always been a side character. The girl he never noticed. The girl who had been secretly loving him all these years. Just when he thought he had another shot at love and in life, fated pulled a mockery on him. The endless seasons of waiting, loving, and breaking apart is slowly killing him. Now, there is no way out. But one thing's for sure. In this lifetime, Karlo will meet two girls... One to teach him a lesson, And one to sail through sunlit waters of La Union with him.

Kaela Marie De Torre had become accustomed to things ending. Like how their family did not last, long after she was born. Like the friendships that ended just after she became attached. And like how her lifeline passed when she was just starting to make him proud. She has grown comfortable with the idea that nothing lasts. But with endings came beginnings, that's what she realized after she met Clief Andre Alforque. Will their friendship, or more than that, finally last for Kaela? Or will he just be one of those things she has to let go?