When 30-year-old Golda learns she only has a year to live due to cancer, she decides to relive her youth by going back to high school by bribing the principal. But as she attends classes disguised as a teenager, she finds that the students she meets have a lot to teach her about living life to the fullest. With the help of her new young friends, Golda learns to embrace every moment and make the most of the time she has left. --- SO, THIS IS YOUTH Standalone Novel #3 of Inspired Series By AnakniRizal WATTYS 2020 WINNER

When an unlikely group comprising of a photographer, writer, musician, artist, and poet band together for a documentary film project, anything can happen. Even the impossible. ***** College student Molly Lazuli's dream was always to become a writer. But since her parents never supported that calling, she worked towards an Engineering degree instead. When she winds up in a Humanities course, she is befriended by a fellow classmate, Cole Manzano, who convinces her to team up with him on creating a major project for the finals. Together, they recruit other members: John Garnet Sucgang, who also happens to be Molly's secret crush who is also a painter; Jasper Tupas, a gay actor and poet; and Alexa, a moody musician. Together the group embarks on a journey that not only has them creating a documentary of their lives' triumphs and tragedies, but also makes them realize the true meaning of friendship, acceptance, and what it takes to make their dreams come true. #Wattys2019 Winner Filipino Readers Choice Award 2022 Winner (Young Adult Category) DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish.

Creep doesn't remember her real name. All she knows is what they called her after the experiment. They said she failed. They gave her money and told her to disappear. So she did. She ran deep into the forest and stayed there, building a life out of silence and distance. For four years, she lived alone in a treehouse, hidden from the world that broke her. No people. No noise. Just trees, sky, and a little monkey named Iko who never left her side. She thought peace would last. But peace is never permanent. When strangers take Iko, Creep is forced to step back into a world that once erased her. The cities feel louder. The people feel colder. And the ones who created her are still watching, waiting for her to make the wrong move. She does not want attention. She does not want to be special. She just wants her life back. Do you ever feel like the world was never made for someone like you? Because Creep does. Always. [W A R N I N G: Unedited.] •Wattys2018's Official Longlist and Shortlist.• •Wattys2019's Winner in Science Fiction Category• Date Created: June 30, 2018 Date Published: July 7, 2018 Date Ended: December 31, 2018 ©All Rights Reserved 2018

Akala ni Jill Morie ay tapos na ang laban, matapos nilang matalo ang Memoire ay payapa na silang namumuhay ngayon sa Isla Ingrata. Subalit biglang magbabago muli ang takbo ng kanyang buhay nang dahil sa isang pantatraydor ng kaibigan. Kailangang lumaban ulit ni Jill para sa kanyang kapatid. Subalit naghihintay sa kanya ang katakut-takot na pagsubok sa Akasha's Game. ***** Memento, Morie (Sequel of The Peculiars' Tale) Written by AnakniRizal Genre: Science-Fiction, Action

Avery Devon, an elf, is supposedly the Empress of Elfania but Severus Montfort managed to conquer her Empire and other Elven Kingdoms. Upang makatakas, isinailalim niya ang sarili sa isang mahika. Iniwan ng kaluluwa niya ang katawan niya at naglakbay ito sa walang katapusang kadiliman. Nang magising siya, napagtanto niya na ang kaluluwa niya ay nasa loob na ng katawan ng isang estranghero na si Zirrius Radcliffe. Isang tao na walang kaalam-alam sa totoong kapangyarihang taglay niya. An elf. A human. Living inside one body. This was where their journeys begin. Would she be able to redeem her Empire? Makababalik pa ba siya sa katawan niya? That's for them to find out.

When Saru finds out about her twin sister's mysterious suicide, she assumes her sister's identity to uncover the truth. ***** Saru Sumiyaya lived a tough life, dropping out of college to work to support her alcoholic father. When her mother calls to inform her that her twin sister, Sari, has taken her own life, she races back to her hometown in disbelief. While in her sister's room grappling with her death, Saru comes across a blue journal containing an ancient word she had taught Sari a long time ago, "Kahimanawari" meaning "kahit man lang kung maaari" or "hoping to happen." Saru realizes the journal contains Sari's wishes. While in Manila to inform Sari's university about her death, Saru encounters Taisei, a friend of Sari's who is convinced that Sari is the victim of the Suicide Virus, a case Sari had been working on before she died. Saru assumes Sari's identity, vowing to solve the case, while also fulfilling the wishes written in the blue journal. DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A FILIPINO LANGUAGE STORY

Francine dela Luz lived her life afraid of feeling happy. Para sa kaniya, may kapalit ang kasiyahan. Buhat ng mga naranasan niyang trahedya sa buhay, nawalan na siya ng pag-asa at pinili na lamang magpaka-miserable. Happiness comes with a price anyway, so why bother? Ngunit nagbago ang takbo ng kaniyang mundo nang makatagpo siya ng isang grupo ng kaibigan. A group of friends who will let her realize the value of life. For someone who's lost, doubtful and fearful, how can she be found in a grace she finds difficult to believe in? This is a story of faith, hope, and love... Youth Testament Series #1 TAGLISH © SoulWinnerWP Date Started: May 10, 2016 Date Ended: --

Maria Sigrid Ibarra has exceptional memory. She's already an achiever at such a young age, which is why she's sent to study at a prestigious Atlas University. During her first stay at the university, she received an anonymous threat to leave the place immediately. But she firmly stayed until peculiar things quickly haunted her. And what she doesn't know, an unknown power inside her will become awake. This is the tale before Jill Morie. ***** After joining Memo's exclusive Night Class, Sigrid found herself as one of the pioneer members of Memoire, a secret organization who seeks beings like her with unordinary abilities. But Sigrid's destiny is not solely to serve Memoire; the awakening of her power is just the beginning. The mysterious child continues to baffle her as she unravels the truth. Until her near death, the Creator revealed to Sigrid the secret history of Peculiars, her real identity, and her ultimate mission: to stop evil at all costs. --- MNEMOSYNE'S TALE (Prequel of The Peculiars' Tale/The story before Jill Morie and the origins of the Peculiars) Published Under Psicom Publishing #Wattys2016 winner Written by AnakniRizal Genre: Science-Fiction

She can see the future, her name is Jill Morie. They are Peculiars, they exist. And this is their tale. ***** Jill Morie, the girl who can see the future, never wants her power and believes that every event in the universe is already determined. Until one day, she decided to interfere with fate to compensate for her guilt. And this is the beginning of her quest. She then discovered that there are other beings like her who have exceptional abilities and a secret organization called 'Memoire' who hunts them down. -- THE PECULIARS' TALE (Wattys 2015 Winner) Genre: Scifi, Action, Young Adult, Mystery-Thriller Status: Completed

When a mysterious mailer sends a puzzle to Vladimir, a talented operations manager of an e-commerce company, he is doomed to answer riddles, assemble puzzles, and play a bloody game to get to the safe ground. But with his past haunting him every deadly game, can he survive the terrifying 30 doors even if it compromises the secret he has been keeping for years? **** Vladimir works as an operations manager for Montellano Online Shopping, the nations leading e-commerce company. But when a mysterious mailer sends him a puzzle that contains the killer of his fiance and unborn child, his whole world begins to shatters and so as the entire company. Stuck on the topmost floor of the building together with 50 other employees, Vlad must get to the ground safely by answering riddles, decoding codes, and playing deadly games. There are 30 doors provided to get through and survive, but only those who are skilled will get through. Who will survive the 30 Doors? Disclaimer: This story is in Taglish Cover Design by CG Threena