To become an 'OPTION' is a choice. 'Yong tipong ginagawa kang isang produktong pagpipilian sa isang mall kahit hindi ka naman naka-sale? Option ang tawag sa'yo. Isang limited edition ng 'Brand Name' na tanging mga tanga lang ang nag-ki-claim. And the best way to avoid being labeled as option is 'denial'. This a story about an aption. And let's just hide her real name in the pseudonym, 'That Menudo Girl.' *** That Menudo Girl © JoeyJMakathangIsip

Teaser: Masyadongmaganda.com is typing..... Masyadongmaganda.com: Hi, pogee. HeinzChua: Get lost Zyrene. Masyadongmaganda.com: Paano mong nalaman na ako ito? This is supposed to be a secret account! (gasps) HeinzChua: Your profile pic is your picture. Masyadongmaganda.com: (blushing) naman eh. HeinzChua: Stop bothering me. Masyadongmaganda.com: I LOVE YOU TOO! (mwah) Zyrene is playful, with her red hair on the loose she can always find a way to escape from the harsh reality of life. She is hopeless romantic, she loves the thought of love and she also loves the ideas of princes and princesses and of course happy ever after. She longs to have one and would love to have one. And here Heinz Chua came into picture, the perfect prince charming sa kanyang wicked fairytale. Handsome, rich, matalino, mabango, tahimik, snob and did she already mentioned snob? Kaya nga crush niya ito eh, secret crush nga lang. But as they said, there is no such thing as fairytale and happy ever after because the man whom she thinks is a prince is actually a jerk in disguise. That's why for her, Heinrich A.K.A Heinz Chua is just a secret crush--- love? -COMPLETED- Cover made by: Eira Cruz

A Collection of Short Stories

"Give me ten days, and I can give you ten reasons not to die." Evan paused. "And if I can't change your mind by then, you can go jump off that cliff."

Alas syete ng umaga, sa may Avenida, Maynila... Pakapal nang pakapal ang di-pangkaraniwang hamog na bumalot sa labas ng 7-eleven. Hamog na hindi namin alam kung paanong lumukob sa labas ng tindahan. Walo kaming naiwan. Walo kaming nagsisimula nang mangatog sa takot. Nakatayo at humahagilap ng kahit anong masisilayan sa labas. Bakas sa anyo ng lahat ang pagkabigla, ang pagtatanong kung ano ba talaga ang nangyayari. Ni isa sa amin ay di makapagbitiw ng salita dahil parepareho kaming walang ideya. At sa isang iglap, wala na kaming narinig na anuman mula sa labas. Nawala ang boses ng mga nagsisigawang tao, ang mga busina ng jeep. Isang nakabibinging katahimikan. Tanging ang mabilis na tibok ng puso ko na lamang ang aking naririnig. (Ang "Saan Kami Pupunta" ay kwento tungkol sa walong taong hindi magkakakilala na naiwan sa loob ng 7-eleven habang ang mundo sa labas ng tindahan ay nilamon ng di maipaliwanag na hamog. Sundan kung paano sila mabubuhay, tatakas, at tutuklasin kung anong misteryo ang nangyari sa mundo) Copyright © 2014 by ruerukun All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except in the case of a reviewer, who may quote brief passages embodied in critical articles or in a review.

Kadiliman, iyan ang isang bagay na kamuntikan nang lumamon sa buong pagkatao niya. She's been fighting her inner turmoils all by herself. She was abused, neglected, rejected and unloved but despite of her tenebrific past, she found luminescence in the middle of the void inside her. Neptune Tallulah Silveri-Ellington has been living her own life alone with her dog named Uno. She's a writer and also a married problematic woman who writes stories with tragic endings because of this pain and hatred that she planted on her system. She never went on public as a writer but they knew her by the name of "Eight" A married woman without a husband. Isang taon matapos nilang maikasal ay iniwanan siya nito nang walang kahit anong maitinong dahilan. After years of separation from her husband, he came back while holding a paper on his hand, asking for his wife's signature, divorce papers. He's been sending those papers for years but Neptune did nothing but to sent back the papers. She won't give in easily. She will do everything just to save herself from going back to her old self no matter what it takes. But what if there are reasons behind those papers? Paano kung may mga bagay palang hindi ipinaalam sa kaniya para sa ikabubuti niya? Matatanggap niya kaya ito? She became a lionhearted woman but will she be able to stay like that until the end? Kahit pa dumating ang panahon na nalaman niya na ang mga dahilan sa likod ng mga papeles na iyon?

Si Jeselle Bautista ay nagmahal at nasaktan. Nasa moving on and forgetting stage na siya nang lumipat ng ibang university at doon nakilala si Bryan Rodriguez na kalat sa university ang pagiging achiever. Hindi alam ni Jeselle kung bakit lapit nang lapit sa kanya si Bryan, tila nagpapa-cute kahit cute naman talaga ito. Pero tinanggap pa rin niya ang pakikipagkaibigan nito. Makakatulong nga siguro kung magkakaroon siya ng bagong kakilala. Unti-unting nakilala ni Jeselle si Bryan—isang achiever pero hopeless romantic na lalaki. Hanggang isang umaga ay nagising siyang in love na sa lalaki. She tried her best to get his heart and she succeeded. Naging masaya sila bilang mag-boyfriend. Pero dahil sa isang aksidente ay nagkahiwalay sila at mabilis na nawala ang lahat ng magagandang bagay sa pagitan nila. Sa muli nilang pagkikita ay kailangang mapatunayan ni Bryan na minsan sa buhay ni Jeselle, he was everything she needed.

Isang kontrobersyal na istorya na tumatalakay sa buhay ni Lucifer at ng kanyang walang hanggang pag-ibig. Ano nga ba ang dahilan kung bakit sya nalaglag mula sa langit? Katulad nga kaya ito ng mga kwento na alam natin tungkol sa kanya? Hwag basahin kung hindi tanggap ang ganitong tema. =) [Completed]

Seven Valentine's ago, ikinasal si Diwata Buencamino sa tanging lalaking minahal niya. Pero dahil sa pakikialam ng kanyang ama, luhaan silang naghiwalay ni Daniel nang gabi ring iyon. Hindi na rin siya bumalik sa Sta. Catalina. Ilang araw bago mag-Valentine's 2017, kailangan niyang umuwi sa kinalakhang probinsya para harapin ang paglilipat sa pangalan niya ng palaisdaan ng kanyang ama. Kasabay niyon, haharapin din ni Diwata ang kanyang estranged husband at lahat ng alaala ng dating matamis na pagmamahalan nila, kasama ng mga binitawang pangako pitong taon na ang nakakaraan. Closure. Makukuha na rin ni Diwata sa wakas ngayong Valentine's iyong bagay na inaaasam-asam niya sa nakalipas na mga taon. Funny, she was dreading it now.... A/N: This is part of MSV's Special Anniversary Collaboration Project, released last February 2017. Happy reading!

When Bride Lopez loves, she does it with all her heart. It was her strength and her weakness. Kaya n'ong minahal niya si Slance Aquino ay alam niyang binigyan niya ito ng kakayahang saktan siya. Slance and she were from different worlds. He was one of the popular kids then and she was just...well, Bride. Slance Aquino was tired of pain. He was tired of going after every person he loved. He was tired of being run away from. He was tired of loving people who ran away from him. Kaya hindi niya alam kung bakit gan'on nalang ang kapit ng pagmamahal niya kay Bride kahit na isa ito sa mga taong tinakbuhan siya. Hindi niya alam kung bakit mahal na mahal niya ito kahit na ito ang taong may pinakamalakas na kakayahang saktan at sirain siya. He wanted to unlove her. Ten years later, fate decided to play a trick on both of them. They met again, now adults who were experiencing individual issues. Bride saw the meeting as a chance. Slance saw it as a means to closure. Bride thought that allowing herself to succumb to what she felt for him would ease the pain of longing she had for him. Slance thought that the only way to prevent her from hurting him again was to hurt her first. Both were wrong decisions that they had to suffer from because fate's game was just starting. Mula sa isang pagkikita ay nasundan pa iyon ng marami pa. Slowly, from one pain to another, Bride and Slance came to realize that the path to a perfect love was paved with pain. And no matter how much they try to run away from each other, their hearts were born to be one. © Mary Ruth Baloy Published 2015 by Lifebooks