[Editor's Pick: October 2021] For so long, Kara Frielle Anastacio has been a (hopeless) romantic incapable of maintaining romantic relationships. Freelance writer naman siya pero sadyang 'di sapat ang 24 oras sa isang araw para matupad nang sabay ang mga obligasyon at luho niya. Kara was content with the way things are. Not happy but at least. . . content. That is until she was set up with a friend's friend, Karim James Guzman -- a cynic, her polar opposite. Days before Hearts' Day, she learns a lot of new things. How to make the first move. How to small talk over coffee. How to share deepest thoughts over glasses of red wine. Sa pamamagitan ni Karim, natuto siyang harapin ang mga kinatatakutan; at manindigan para sa mga kahilingan niya. Sa tulong nito, natuto siyang manguwestiyon at tumanggap ng mga tanong. Through him, she discovers how to breathe and just let go. Will Kara hold onto what she has seen in books and films on the eve of Saint Valentine's Day? Or will she end up liking Karim's realistic definition of affection? [eve, a standalone novel] floeful || 2020 || completed ***** Book Cover Design by: Abi (@goldenaraw on Twitter)

**Completed**Can smoldering resentment and attraction exist at the same time? Jess Parker has made a number of mistakes. The first was burning her school to the ground. The second, getting caught by the handsome, yet maddening boy who calls himself Asher, who tells her things that can't possibly be true. Now Jess finds herself blundering through a new and alarming world, leaving a trail of blazing destruction behind. She must choose between warring factions, two sides of an ancient war that both want her. And most of all, she must try to harness her explosive powers before they consume her. Note: FIRE is a stand-alone book set in the Jotun world. It is not book 2 of the Frost series (that will be published by Patchwork Press later this year). Cover artwork by @SeventhStar

◤ SEMIDEUS SAGA #01 ◢ Semideus - demigod, a half-immortal child of a God or Goddess. Abigail Young is a student recently expelled from her previous school. It only took a day for her world to change. As a new member of Olympus Academy, the first school to house Filipino demigods, she has to cope quickly with the sudden shift of her reality. One of which, is to accept the fact that she's someone who belongs to this new realm. But it doesn't stop there. Slowly, the demigods are exposed to a big event that is to take place. It includes the death of an oracle, blueprints and prophecies from the Mother of the Gods, Rhea. And when you thought this is the only thing that can happen, then you guessed it wrong. Because this is just the start of something big.

His only mistake was hailing that SUV.

"You brought this on yourself." I told Blake. I looked over at Dylan who was ready to fight. I took a step forward and the wolves growls got even louder if that were possible. "If you want us...then come and get us." That's when all hell broke loose.

WATTY AWARDS 2020 WINNER (Science Fiction Category) || COMPLETED || Limang Marka: Elite, Independent, Trooper, Slave, at ang Felon Mark. Mga Markang kumakatawan at nagbubukod sa buong populasyon ng bansang Circa na minsang tinawag na Pilipinas. Taon-taon ay isang malaking kaganapan ang isinasagawa sa bansa. Ang Trial. Kung saan lahat ng kabataan sa edad labimpito ay kinakailangang sumalang sa iba't ibang uri ng pagsubok na siyang tutukoy sa Marka na kanilang kabibilangan. Sa ganitong paraan ay napanatili ng Gobyerno ng bansa ang kaayusan at kapayapaan. Cheska Reyes, na walang ibang hangad kundi makapiling ang kanyang nag-iisang kapatid, ay mamamarkahan gaya ng nakararami. Subalit ang pagkakaroon niya ng marka ay magbubukas sa kanya ng pinto upang makilala ang kanyang sarili . . . maging ang Gobyernong naghahari sa bansa. Sa mundo kung saan marka ang magdidikta kung sino ka. Sa kamay ng makapangyarihang Gobyerno. Paano mo maisisigaw ang iyong tunay na pagkatao? "Marks Dictate Us" 2020 Watty Awards Winner (Science Fiction Category) First Novel of The Watty Awards 2019 Winner, Living Pawns. Highest Rank: #2 in Science Fiction |COMPLETED| A wonderful cover by: -starless A Young-Adult Filipino Dystopian Science-Fiction Novel

Sa lahat ng kwentong dinadaan daanan lang...magtirik ng kandila. Sa lahat writers na napupundi na ang ilaw ng kanilang pangarap... magtirik ng kandila. Sa lahat ng gwapo... itirik n'yo sa akin ang inyong mga kandila. Ui Joke lang. --- Just a piece of siomai for the weary writer's soul

TIL Series #1 (Book 1 of 2) Chelsea Vellarde is trapped from a hopeless affection for Blaze Abelard. She wants to move on but whenever she tries, she always ends up back to him. This kind of affection is absurd for Ryde Leibniz. That's why whenever they have an encounter, he can't help but tease her. And he has profound reasons for doing this - to help her and make her realize something. But how can he make it if he knows that it will lead her to a hurtful truth? (Published under PSICOM Publishing Inc.)

There are too many thoughts in this world and too less of words to shape them. This isn't in the case of Darlene Francis however, her case is way too different. She simply refuses to speak most of the times. Our scars shape us, and hers have destroyed her. Or at least, so as she believes. But maybe it's time for her to believe in a better world. Maybe it's time to move on. And maybe Cameron Sawyer and Derrick Wright will make her see the world in a better light. Or does she only need faith in herself? This is not only the story of Darlene Francis and what destroyed her world. This is also the story of how a certain set of twins and a guy full of sunlight along with a highly emotional girl found their way in the world.

Best friend ko si Reeve since... forever. But when I was six and he was ten, his family had to go back to London. Before he left, he promised me that we would remain friends no matter what. Mahirap sa una. Pero habang tumatanda kami, nagaadvance din naman ang technology. Fourteen years later, meron nang Viber, Wechat at kung anu-ano pa! Keeping in touch with him became as easy as breathing and we constantly updated each other about the happenings in our lives. But we had two rules: 1) No sending each other pictures through email, Facebook or Twitter and no Facetime or Skype. Why? Because we promised we'd see each other again someday and we wanted to make that moment special. 2) We'll never keep any secrets from each other. Number 2, was a promise I kept but it seemed that Reeve had a lot of secrets. Hindi naman gaanong big deal para sakin. Even if he had secrets, he'll still be my best friend. But was 'friendship' really all there was? Or was there more? Perhaps, what we had was actually a long distance-love affair and that distance is just a number? Credits to @soelklauser for the cover!