People always say that time will always heal you. They always say that just give it space then the scar would just repair on its own. But is it really that easy? Three people proved that it takes so much more to mend a broken soul. May isang pilit na tumatakbo sa kanyang nakaraan. May isang takot na mag-mahal muli. At may isang nawawalan ng pag-asa na makuha ang pagmamahal na dati niya pang inaasam. But after ten years of fictitiously coping themselves, things wouldn't be the same. After those years, something probably changed, right? Would a decade finally be enough to change everything they believe in?

[Published Under LIB x Wattpad] Peñablanca Series 1: Brave Hearts "Fragile but brave..." Amalia Argueles has adored the charming basketball captain Atlas Montezides for years. When he finally looks her way and shows her that love isn't all rainbows and butterflies, can her young, fragile heart be brave enough to take it? *** Amalia Argueles' heart was born weak. She considered waking up every day--even with her illness--a blessing, and Atlas Montezides shows her how much of a blessing life can really be with his love. But when that love risks her health, can Lia find it in herself to leave so she can live? Or can she risk her heart once more and be brave when she meets him again years later? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

PEARL OF THE ORIENT #1 Aside from being cherophobic and Schadenfreude person, Sierra Ponce is suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) for a long time now. Thus, she has become scared of feeling sheer bliss for she thinks that every time she is happy, there's always a danger in exchange and now she has lost her passion to everything she has loved. She's started bullying those people who feel joy and gay. Like a bomb that had exploded her melancholic world, she encountered a guy who seems to be always on cloud nine, full of the joys of spring, Spencer Stanislaus, a boy with Pseudobulbar Affect, a type of emotional disturbance in which he cannot stop his self from laughing. When destiny is looking for a toy to play with, both of them became its target. A messy game of which disorders aren't connected with each other, but rather, opposed. Sierra's anxieties are constantly triggered whenever she hears the most obnoxious thing she could ever hear- a laugh, the annoying peals of laughter of Spencer. For both having faulty feelings, what would they feel at the end of the day- would it be snicker or tears? DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A FILIPINO-ENGLISH LANGUAGE STORY.

PEARL OF THE ORIENT #2 Most people believe that a dream is the opposite of reality. For instance, you dream of falling dollars like it's raining pitchforks out there or almost drowning in a heap of chocolate syrup; definitely not gonna happen in real life unless someone rich drops his atachi case of money from the top of a skyscraper or terrorists bombarded a chocolate factory as sure as death and taxes. But it wasn't as sweet as chocolate when Almira and Pharell met on both endpoints of Colon Street- a historical street in downtown Cebu City; the oldest and shortest national road in the Philippines inasmuch as their aeonian eyes met that day and the night they closed it before sleep, strange dreams about two lovers whom they did not know began haunting and hunting on their shut-eye. Can dreams be defined as dreams when Almira, a girl diagnosed with KLS also known as Sleeping Beauty Syndrome and the feeling of unreality and hallucinations was part of her illness? And the guy named Pharell, a person with REM sleep behavior, a disorder that let him physically act out his vivid nightmares. Even if finding the answer will lead to danger, they're ready to know everything whether it is really a mystery or only a part of their illnesses. DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A FILIPINO-ENGLISH LANGUAGE STORY.

The GG Diaries #2 "Ako si Bambu, ang bampirang bungal. Nakakilala ng isang nilalang, sa itaas ng punong yakal. Pinatulog niya ako't hindi nagtagal ay sinakal. Binungal at iniwanan sa kakahuyang masukal. Umuwi ako sa 'min nang nawawala ang dalawang ngipin kaya't sa aming kaharian ako'y tinakwil. Kailangan kong mabawi iyon sa babaeng taksil, ang babaeng bumungi sa 'king pangil."

Katrina Angeli Sostrian grew up in a cruel world. She was abused by her mother and never been treated well by her stepsisters. Working on her own was the best thing she could do to survive high school. Money, that's what she needs because even her family can't provide that for her. What if she met the man who will change her life, would she take the chance to have someone to lean on? Would she be close to him even if it would hurt her in the end? Are they able to close the distance between them?

This work of fiction may include potentially disturbing readings, scenes and discussions around topics such as self-harm, physical violence, emotionally triggering materials, death and suicide. Please engage in self-care as you read this work. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Project M #ProjectM1 31/12/17