WATTY'S SHORTLIST 2021 EDITOR'S PICK OCTOBER 2021 Jiya Valle learns too late that kissing her sworn enemy since high school Migo Salas doesn't come without repercussions. And to her, it's a secret she's going to bring with her down to her grave--but Migo has other plans. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish.

Allison had always wanted to become a painter. Due to financial constraints, she wasn't able to pursue her dream and instead found contentment in expressing her art at home. The man of her dreams became her favorite masterpiece. He was a recurring figure in her nightly visions. Despite her confusion about his existence, she meticulously depicted every detail of his physique, bringing him to life on canvas. When given the opportunity to participate in an art exhibition, Allison didn't hesitate to choose the man from her dreams as her entry. Standing in front of her painting on the day of the exhibition, a man suddenly appeared beside her, causing her to glance at him. As he examined her masterpiece with furrowed brows, the man uttered words that made her freeze on the spot. "What is my face doing there?"

Greetings! You are here by chosen for our glorious... Chivalry! Clothe yourself with valor. Embrace courage and strength. To live victorious; May killing be your salvation. -- In order to survive, how far could you swallow every bit of guilt from ending other's dream to continue yours? This is the future. Kill - or - die. ×× Season 1 : The Dark Chivalry | Completed

Shimmering in gold. Dripping in blood. The throne is empty. Screaming for another monarchy. Gather your faith. Sharpen your blades. This is your calling. Protect your King. -- A new game is presented, there is no escape for the survivors of the Chivalry Tournament. Bow your head - the next King is coming. ×× Season 2 : The King's Chivalry | completed

(Finished) When Tokyo Takahashi accidentally sent a hate message towards her law professor, Atty. Reagan Omari, in a class group chat. An epistolary

[TAG-LISH] "hiddens" are species who have an altered genome in their DNA and is considered a genetic failure that has evolved during conception and is considered higher than the average human in terms of intelligence and capabilities. Elise is an orphan who recently discovered she's a psychic who has the clairvoyance ability, she was recommended to a different school, The Cross Institute as a transferee. Project: X is launched against neolution, a progressive scientific organization marked by genetic meddling and physical alterations, among other scientific developments, set on self-directed evolution. Their main goal is to preach transhumanism, or the so-called H+ movement, they advocate transformation of the human condition by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly enhance human intellect and physiology. Hunting hiddens and studying them by trying to learn how they can acquire their abilities through surgical means and by performing experiments but their ways have always been inhumane. Elise was caught in between the chaos of being a part of project: X, to fight against the H+ movement, where she unravels the mystery behind it that might also lead to her true identity.

[Politico 2] For Alunsina, life is a one-time shot. It's a one-time risk and a one-time drown into the open. She gives it her all and would never settle for second best as long as her chance is still on the loose. So when given that one opportunity to prove herself, she threw all her cards down the table. It was all or nothing. No matter the consequences, she must win by hook or by crook. However, getting along with the quiet and gentle Sergio is hard. But she knew that falling in love with this person by chance, which was not part of the deal, was even harder.

After waking up in a ferris wheel cart with no memories, Memorie quickly realizes that she is in a parallel universe where everyone is a digital version of themselves. ***** When Memorie wakes up in a ferris wheel cart with no memories, she realizes that she is in a parallel universe. It is a new world in which people possess digital faces, thoughts become reality, and the going currency is heartbeats. Memorie is close to going mad when she happens upon Chaos Satoshi who convinces her that all her suspicions are true and that the two of them need to escape immediately. Sticking around means that slowly, they will no longer be real. Instead, they will become lies.

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

Discovering an abandoned town in the middle of a forest, Odeth is transported to a time when the ghost town was alive, but as someone else--Olivia Valencourt. *** Magic isn't real--except it is when Odeth wakes up as Olivia Valencourt, a student of Mirren Academy, a school for spell users like her. Well, like Olivia. Determined to find her way back home, she discovers the truth behind the once-alive abandoned town, and that she's not as much of a stranger to the place and to the person she's pretending to be. In finding friends, love, and herself while trying to change the town's fate, she finds that maybe Mirren Academy is already home. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise de Ramos