PUBLISHED UNDER CLOAK POP FICTION What's dead should stay dead. When you mess with the natural order, things could go horribly wrong. Having a six-hundred year old rotting soul, for example. Or discovering that your boss is the son of the Devil. I am Aramis Rayne. Full-time familiar. Part-wraith. Occupation: prevent the end of the world. Sounds impossible? You haven't seen the worst part yet.

Natalie received a message saving her from her demise. The sender is none other than Death himself.

This is a parallel supplement short story for Hello, Death. READ HELLO, DEATH FIRST. *** I closed my eyes and surrendered to the cold. He will come, right? He will guide me to my death. I don't have to be scared as long as the dumb death god comes for me. - Natalie

4th Place in Nayin's Novel Writing Contest 3 A.K.A. PNY Battle 1 Special award: Best Character - Alfie *** Si Alfie, isang dalagang nangarap at humiling na mamuhay ng marangya at takasan ang reyalidad. Nang dahil sa isang pusa na may palawit na bell na kwintas at babaeng may ngising kakaiba at laging may bitbit na aklat, nagbago ang lahat. Napunta siya sa ibang katauhan. Napunta siya sa isang pantasya. Buong akala niya, magugustuhan niya ito sapagkat ito ang kanyang minimithi ngunit hindi... Nang unti-unti na niyang nakakalimutan ang sarili niyang damdamin, nangamba na siya. Kung noong una namamangha pa siya sa pantasyang ito pwes ngayon, hindi na. Kung noong una, tinakasan niya ang reyalidad, ngayon, tatakasan na niya ang pantasyang tila ba binubura ang tunay niyang katauhan. Hindi masamang mangarap at hindi rin masamang humiling. Ngunit sa kaso niya, pinaglaruan siya ng tadhana at binigay ang lahat ng nais niya at sumobra pa nga kaya ngayon, siya ay nagdurusa. ©cgthreena *** Maraming salamat, BM Pagayon sa napakagandang pabalat!

[This story will become free again on AUGUST 30, 2021] After Natalie escapes death, she finds a silver feather, phone messages from an unknown sender and gets the ability to foresee death. All of which lead her to unlikely love. ***** When Natalie Lacierna wakes up after surviving a freezing death inside an ice factory, she has three curious things in her possession. A silver feather from somewhere and someone she no longer remembers; the ability to foretell deaths and see death gods roaming the Earth; and the memory of someone close to her with whom she used to talk frequently with on her phone. As she puts her life back together, she moves into a rental house owned by Lolo Dimos. At the house, she gets acquainted with Lolo's grandson, Henry, a college professor who looks very familiar but she cannot place. At first, living with Henry is trying - he speaks very little and intimidates her. However, over time, the two become close as they talk about angels, death, humanity, and God. Before long, Natalie falls for the professor. As they get closer, so too does Natalie get to figuring out the mystery of the silver feather and the phone calls from the unknown sender. What she finds is heartbreaking but comes with the glimmer of redemption. After Death is a sequel to the epistolary story, Hello, Death, and supplementary short story, A Walk With Death. DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A FILIPINO LANGUAGE STORY

Rejecting Iya's confessions is Jacob's norm. After sharing three kisses that Jacob claimed as meaningless, will Iya finally give up--or will she keep holding on until her dream romance turns into reality? *** "I'm falling for your meaningless kisses." Tatlong halik. Lahat, walang kahulugan. Hindi ko dapat panghawakan pero paano ba ang hindi umasa kung parang meron ang wala? *** I have always wanted to be Jacob Tejeron's bride since I was six years old. People downplayed it to just having an intense crush, a puppy love, or a superhero model. Naisip ko, baka gano'n nga. Baka tinitingala ko si Jacob dahil siya 'yong hero na laging nandiyan para sagipin ako sa lahat ng palpak. I thought I could outgrow this feeling. But like a bad habit, I kept on looking at him; I kept on wishing with him; I kept on falling for him⁠-when all I am to him is a sister. Hindi ako dapat umasa⁠-hindi dapat aasa⁠-kahit sa mga halik niyang wala namang kahulugan. Pero paano ang hindi umasa? #

After witnessing the death of her mother, Hanna Mamori has lived as quietly as she could. But when she gets tangled up with the mafia once more and she discovers that things are far more complicated than she thought, will Hanna be strong enough to face the ugly truth? *** For the past nine years, Hanna Mamori has lived alone, afraid of the dark. But things change when the Fortunello, led by Zachary Orleonne, becomes a part of her quiet life. In a territory where she cannot avoid getting tangled up with the mafia, Hanna is forced to face the part of her past where it all started-the day when her mother died. As she and her friends try to seek revenge, Hanna discovers that not everything is what it seemed. Secrets run deeper and masks are yet to be unveiled. Would a weak girl like her really be able to turn things around? Or would all of her sacrifices be thrown into waste? Cover Designed By April Alforque

The lethal and the pure. The black and white. Opposite sides burning each other's souls. Parvana Naia Bukhari and Zeus Vincenticus Ferrer. When she first stepped into his life, he knew she was nothing but trouble. Sweet smiles and prayers doesn't fit with his rock n roll soul. As fast as they catch the burning flame of attraction, it spiraled down into nothing but specks of dust. What the fuck is love when religion, beliefs, and their entire lives contradicts each other? This is how we started. And this is how we end.

Alas Ferrer finally recovered his eyesight but Belle is nowhere to be found. And according to the people around him, she doesn't exist in the first place. How can Alas find someone he haven't seen in all his life? In this fairytale, the beast is bound to leave his castle and walk down the thorny path in search for the faceless woman who broke his heart. What the eyes fail to see, the heart will never cease to forget. Book 2 of The Beauty Tames the Beast by Hannah Mariam NOTE: This story was first written in 2018, which may romanticize toxic relationships and red flags amongst characters. Please take it with a grain of salt as revision hasn't started yet.

deceret (n.) latin word for "body to body" When Philodemus Elton Treveron's parents were slayed, the only thing that brings him closer to finding the killer is the gold crucifix chain around his neck. Fueled with vengeance, Elton swore to himself that he will find the killer and make him pay. 10 years later, Elton found the very same necklace rested on the slim neck of the shy Stormie Iona Roman-the governor's invisible daughter. Vengeance served hot on the plate garnished with love and a romance that shouldn't have started in the first place gave birth to chaos. In the name of love and revenge, Elton found his lips on her neck...