⭐ 2026 WATTYS SHORTLIST - MYSTERY, ACTION & THILLER Note: You are reading the RAW version of the story. Constructive criticisms and feedbacks are welcome. Enjoy reading! No one is lying but none of us is telling the truth either. If you've lost your memory, don't ever think you could trust anyone. Deflection and manipulation. The locker and the five numbers. Truths and lies. Venice Liu suffers from amnesia after her fall from the bridge not far from Starlight Academy. Friends and relatives won't speak. The bullies have filtered the events. The authorities want their reputation to be clean. Obscured by twisted words and incomplete confessions, everyone has their own truths to protect. Only the bullies themselves know how much pain they inflicted on the victim. Only the victim herself knows how much she suffered from their torments. Damage control is enforced, and non-disclosure agreements are made. Everyone moves on with their lives, trying to escape the past that still haunts them, but a soul couldn't be satisfied without justice being served properly. What really happened before her fall? How will she face her dark past once she regains her memory? Who will receive the most grievous consequences and who will benefit the most? But... Venice is just the front; there is something more. This is a story that hides something from the readers, for it is told through lips that cannot be trusted. © 2026 CYNKRONOUS Era Started: Jan. 19, 2026 - May 21, 2026

[UNEDITED] Wattys 2026 Shortlist - Mystery, Action & Thriller - Forget the happily ever after, this Snow White is the nightmare you never saw coming. - 2025

An anonymous letter. A mysterious hotel. A class haunted by their past. Inside Hotel del Justitia, guests are not welcomed but they are judged. As Class Virtus takes part in a strange game that promises justice, the ghosts of their past sins begin to awaken. With each truth uncovered and confessions that follow, the grim truth of Leigen Javier's death slowly unfolds. In the game of truth where only justice prevails, only the innocent one can survive.

[WATTYS 2026 SHORTLIST] He ran to escape grief. She killed to survive. Dimitri Chantengco thought fleeing to another continent would bury the death that shattered his family. But three weeks later, in the smoke of a new city and a fire-dancer's dangerous smile, he found something else: desire. And something far more dangerous-Gethsemane Lachica. She was no ordinary stranger. She was the assassin hired to erase a legacy of corruption. And the unwitting savior of the man she was meant to kill. The night a private jet exploded over Tagaytay, lives ended. But in the wreckage, a secret survived-one that could unravel everything. A man hiding behind lies. A woman haunted by blood. They weren't just lovers. They were each other's final alibi. Are they guilty sinners . . . or strangers caught in the same sin? DISCLAIMER: This novel is written in the Filipino and English languages. WARNING: This novel contains mature themes and scenes that may not be suitable for very young readers. © All Rights Reserved.

✨ WATTYS 2026 SHORTLIST - MYSTERY ACTION-THRILLER A crime that should be done with no trace left. The victim can't be heard on four sides of the room. How can the yearly cold case of death be solved if there's a hidden secret that cannot be told? In the midst of Cold Case of Hell, who can survive and who can't make it to the final? - Date Started: March 23, 2026 Date Ended: July 15, 2026