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.

"The Raven" tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". Cover by @Lujayna

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"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado") is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him. Like several of Poe's stories, and in keeping with the 19th-century fascination with the subject, the narrative revolves around a person being buried alive - in this case, by immurement. As in "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", Poe conveys the story from the murderer's perspective. Cover by the lovely @theygotnone

A Christmas Carol tells the story of bitter and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits by Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.

*Shortlisted for Wattys 2018* It all began so innocently, two friends who wanted a real adventure in a world apart from the harsh and mean existence they knew. But every story has... No. That's a fantasy. Every story needs a villain. This is the story of how the greatest villain in modern literature came to be. Of how the most notorious pirate of all time started out as a boy, and then... put away childish things. Pledge: This work of fiction portrays a real culture of people, the Blackfoot or Siksiká. Anglicizing a culture's or character's name, as in the case of the Blackfoot and Tiger Lily, is culturally insensitive, and so in an effort to repair this relationship I pledge 50% of all future earnings of this story to the Siksiká Nation Band No. 430 of Treaty 7, Alberta, Canada.

[2018 WATTYS WINNER] Louise Johnson was an African American teen living on the brink of the Space Race. Her hobbies included studying the twinkling night sky, ignoring her racist classmates, equally fantasizing about both killing and kissing Patricia Morris--and oh, using quantum teleportation to her own advantage by the means of a perplexing silver Ring. That was, until she found herself knee-deep in a heap of files revealing that the newly-formed NASA was hiding inconceivable research from Project Vanguard that should've destroyed the entire planet worse the than progressing Cold War. Now obviously, the forty-eight states of America are still intact, and so is our beloved Earth. But why? Fortunately for humanity, Louise Johnson and her diverse team of science-loving geeks turned the imminent apocalypse into just another facet of American history. And this is the entirely illegal story of how. [©2017-2018. All rights reserved.]

Cosmic Confluence is about a cosmic confluence in the sense that everything in 16 year old Mary's life is aligning and coming together perfectly whether she likes it or not. There's nothing she can do to change fate.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]