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8 Days by stephenseven
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Isang lumang notebook ang natagpuan sa isang bahay sa baryo Kalamyan. Sa mga pahina nito nakatala ang mga kahindik-hindik na bagay na nangyari sa baryo sa loob ng walong araw.
The Deal by MaxShephard
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(The Deal was optioned by TNT!) The mysterious Lee Cutter and his Carnival of Wonders hold a secret darker than any of the citizens of 1930's Junction City, Kansas can imagine. When Mr. Cutter shows up to town early one morning promising an end to the dust storms that have decimated the town's crops and stricken many of the children with the brown plague, young Matthew Porter is spellbound. His little brother Luke is deathly ill from breathing the dust-laden air. Plus, it would be amazing to hear the sound of the rain on his tin roof again. But at what cost? In this chilling short story about sacrifice and the cost of happiness, Matthew will come face to face with the terrifying secret Mr. Cutter's Carnival holds and learn the heart-wrenching truth about what it means to make a deal with the Devil. Excerpt: The man leaned down and fetched a matchbook out of the black boot that rested on the bench. There was no dust there, either - not even on the bottom. He stood up and brought one of the matches to the tip of the cigar. I never saw him strike it, but it fired just the same. He held it to the cigar and puffed on it several times until the end looked like the inside of a coal stove. "Lot of 'em 'round here?" he asked again, shaking the match and exhaling the thick smoke into the air above my head. "Yes, sir. All over. They eat what's left of the crops, even the roots. My pa says that's the real plague." "Does he now?" The man looked amused. "He says we won't ne'er grow a crop again until God sees fit. No rain either." He turned his head and scanned the street like he was looking for someone. "You ever see God here in Junction City?" I looked up at him, squinting, but didn't know how to answer. I'd never seen God anywhere. "My name's Lee," he said, holding out his hand. "Lee Cutter. What's yours?"
Dormisteryo by SarcasticGrey
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Simple lang naman ang gusto ni Kent Harada, at iyon ay ang makahanap ng isang dormitoryo na kaniyang titirhan upang maging malapit siya sa unibersidad na kaniyang lilipatan. Nakahanap siya ng isang dormitoryo. Ang tanyag na Dormisteryo dahil sa kakaibang pangalan nito. Sa paglipat niya rito, inakala niya na magagawa niya nang takasan ang kaniyang nakaraan, ngunit doon siya nagkamali. Dahil sa dormitoryong iyon magpapatuloy ang lahat ng misteryo sa buhay niya...
Flesh/Bone by Adrian_Birch
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Two vanished. One came back.
Drive-Thru by eroplane
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Tuwing wala akong masulat, madalas nagsusulat lang ako ng kung ano. Kadalasan walang kwenta. Madalas, hindi ko natatapos. Mabilis lang. | Title inspired from Fast Food Fiction.
Project LOKI ① by AkoSiIbarra
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Join Lorelei and Loki as they unravel the threads of mystery, unveil the masks of evil intentions and put together the pieces of the puzzle in their adventures. Looking for VOLUME 2? Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/220978938-project-loki-volume-2 Looking for VOLUME 3? Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/101604752-project-loki-volume-3 ✓Published under PSICOM Publishing ✓Wattys 2016 Talk of the Town ✓Featured Mystery/Thriller story Cover Illustration by Chiire Dumo.
MORIARTEA by AkoSiIbarra
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Meet the detectives of the Moriartea Cafe. Cover artwork by @CryAllen
Finding Humanity by NinaMarks
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After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
23:57 by RAYKOSEN
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May urban legend na kumakalat online. May sumpa raw sa Shibuya na tuwing sasakay ka sa last train ride ng 23:57PM ay magsisimulang magbago ang buhay mo... Story and Art: Raykosen FB, IG and Twitter: @raykosen Note: ~ A paranormal story na isinulat ko habang nasa train station ako ng Shibuya (Tokyo). ~ Check out the ALAGAD story for extension of this story. It talks about Rio Sakurada's point of view and story. ~ Thank you for making 23:57 number 1 in the Paranormal genre ranking on its first to final chapters! ~ 23:58, a 23:57 sequel debuted in March 2020.
Si Milo at ang Kwaderno (Book 1 Now Available for Pre-order) by JohnPolicarpio
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Anong gagawin mo kapag natuklasan mong hindi ikaw, ikaw? Malabo di' ba? Okay lang. Kahit si Milo nalalabuan din. Mula sa normal at nakakabagot nyang buhay kung saan ang pinoproblema nya lamang ay ang buod nya sa Noli, ang gurong gawa sa biceps na si Taguro, isang mabahong siga, ang ultimate crush nyang si Makie, isang paulit-ulit na panaginip, at tutchang na naghe-hello world, sa isang kurap natuklasan nya ang sarili nyang nasa gitna ng isang digmaan ng mga sinaunang pwersa sa modernong panahon. Kung saan isa siya sa pangunahing piyesa na magiging susi ng kaligtasan o kapahamakan ng buong mundo. Nakakapressure ba? Wala pa yan. Nalaman din nyang isa siya sa bagong henerasyon ng mga Napili na tinutugis ng isang organisasyon dahil sa kakayahan nilang gamitin ang mga bertud na may kakaibang kapangyarihang kapag nahinang ay kayang pamunuan ng isa ang buong mundo. Samahan pa ng pakikialam ng mga nilalang ng sinaunang Pilipinas na inaakala lang natin sa lumang konteksto lang matatagpuan, pati narin mga importanteng tao ng kasasayang akala natin matagal nang patay. Magulo? Oo, pati nga ako nalilito eh. Mula sa korning panulat ng malikhain (at maruming) utak ni John Policarpio, samahan natin sila Milo, ang henyong si Tifa, misteryosang si Makie at ang bantay na si Jazz (o kahit sila na lang, wag na tayong idamay) sa isang epikong paglalakbay sa moderno nating mundong puno ng misteryo, pakikibaka, mahiwagang armamento, diyos at diyosa, diwata, bayani, mababahong kampon ng karimlan, mga patay na buhay, engkanto't lamang lupa at iba pa. Para sa pagtuklas ng mga sikreto ng ating kasaysayan, at tunay na katauhan ng mga Napili, habang nakikipagtungalian sa mga nilalang na nais kumitil sa kanila. And to promote world peace nga pala. Rakenrol!