Sniper yang takut pada ketinggian? Presenting... Aqil Shidqie! Aqil tak pernah sangka hidupnya boleh berubah sekelip mata. Semalam dia seorang penembak tepat dalam PDRM, hari ini, selepas kematian kakaknya, dia menjadi seorang yang... rapuh. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒂 𝒔𝒏𝒊𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 - 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒈𝒖𝒚𝒔. Kakaknya akan selamat jika seorang penembak jarak jauh tidak mensasarkan kakaknya. Itu, dia harus mencari siapa. "𝑨𝒌𝒖 𝒕𝒂𝒌 𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂! 𝑫𝒊𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒖𝒏𝒖𝒉 𝒌𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒌 𝒂𝒌𝒖!" - 𝑲.𝑨.𝑺 "𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒎." - 𝑻.𝑬.𝑹 Bertambah rumit hidupnya apabila satu kejadian memaksanya untuk berkahwin dengan seorang gadis bermata coklat cair. "𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕... 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆... 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕... 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏." - 𝑸.𝑨 "𝑺𝒆𝒆! 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒖𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓." - 𝑲.𝑨.𝑺 Lahh.. tiba-tiba "𝑴𝑼𝑴𝑴𝒀! 𝑫𝑨𝑫𝑫𝒀! 𝑰𝑸𝑰𝑬 𝑵𝑨𝑲 𝑲𝑨𝑯𝑾𝑰𝑵!" Pertemuan dengan gadis itu membawa kepada segala persoalan Aqil yang berbentuk dendam. "𝑺𝒂𝒚𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒂𝒇, 𝑨𝒒𝒊𝒍."

﷽ - SYUHADAH 15th story Rakyat Malaysia menjangka bahawa kerajaan adalah pemegang kuasa pentadbiran negara. Tidak kiralah dari pemimpin politik, pakar ekonomi mahupun penggiat sosial, semuanya mengaku merekalah pemacu utama negara. Hakikatnya, mereka adalah boneka kawalan tangan-tangan ghaib yang tidak pernah diketahui orang awam. NEXUS. Sebuah organisasi rahsia yang menjadi otak di sebalik kestabilan dan juga kekacauan negara. Ia diterajui oleh seorang yang pernah terkenal di mata rakyat, tetapi akhirnya memilih untuk menghilang setelah rasa dikhianati. NEXUS merancang segalanya. Daripada kejatuhan seorang menteri, sehinggalah penciptaan teknologi senjata paling hebat dalam peradaban dunia. "Aku tahu sejarah takkan puji aku. Tapi sejarah akan bagi pengajaran supaya the other generation takkan ulang kesilapan sama." Di tengah-tengah keganasan organisasi tersebut, ada lagi individu yang menjadi tulang belakangnya. Dia diselubungi dengan reputasi yang amat kejam pada pandangan manusia atas kegiatan pembunuhan bersiri dan sabotaj terhadap sistem negara yang dilakukannya. "Maybe you're one of my target. But not yet." Dunia mengenalinya sebagai pembunuh yang dikehendaki. Pihak polis pula tidak henti-henti memikirkan cara untuk menumpaskannya. Malahan, wartawan juga tidak terkecuali menyebarkan berita tentang jenayahnya. "Operasi The Black Mask ini tak mendatangkan hasil, Omar! Kau faham tak?" Tetapi dia tidak pernah sekalipun meninggalkan bukti kecuali sehelai kertas yang mengandungi ucapan salam dan terima kasih buat pegawai polis yang akan menyiasat kejadian. "No trace will leave behind me." Disebabkan itulah, dalam sebuah permainan kuasa yang tidak mengenal belas kasihan, satu kesilapan kecil pun mampu mengorbankan seluruh rancangan. "Sepandai-pandai tupai melompat, akhirnya jatuh ke tanah juga, kan?" Terimalah, NEXUS. START: 11 DECEMBER 2025 END:

The world had gone to hell long ago, taken over by the vampire race. In order to keep some sort of peace in our land, the Vampire Lords made a consecutive agreement. The rich and powerful humans could survive just as they had been, untouched by the vampires save for the occasional blood collections, or so they thought In reality, we were all under their control. Castles spread out throughout our land, one landing in each city. Each castle varied in the number of vampires residing there, but all of them carried a Lord. The Lords were the ones in charge in every city, whether we liked it or not. The vampires often roam through the city, making sure that everyone was in order and no one stepped out of line. If you stepped out of line, you died, end of story. Even if the rich were still under their control, their lives were still better than the poor. The poorest lives held a much worse fate. The men were to be put to work as slaves, whether that meant serving a specific vampire, or just building their castles, they were slaves. The women were to be pets. Pets were the lowest rank you could have. They were forced into cages that were too small to stand in with collars around their necks. They spent their lives in pet shops, just waiting for the dreadful day that they'll be bought. They were treated like animals, trained into what their master wanted, and punished if they misbehaved. Those who were lucky enough to live through that, we're to be slaughtered for their blood at age twenty-five in an act to make sure that our population would stay steady. I was born into this world. Born into this world full of blood-sucking monsters. Except, I was one of the lucky ones. Was. It all ended for me when I was 12, when I was taken away from the last bit of hope and family that I had left. Ever since then, I've lived in a cage, just rotting away, waiting, dreading for the day that some monster would make me his. This is my life. I am a pet. ~~~ Cover by: @mshacake