Masarap talaga ang bawal. Lalo na kung araw-araw kang sinusubok ng tadhana. The more forbidden it is, the greater the urge to have it yourself. Kay daling sabihing iwasan na lang. Ngunit kung sayo na mismo hinain, makakatanggi ka pa ba? Achelous Dwayne R. Leyva is the youngest in Calle Nueva. He's smart, athletic, and...
Taking risk is never easy. The guarantee we get by staying inside our comfort zone is both addicting and tricky. Minsan akala mo matapang ka na dahil marami ka nang pinagdaanan. Yun pala, hindi mo pa nahaharap ang tunay na laban. Calcifer M. Revano is the ball of sunshine in Calle Nueva. He lives free and easy. Advent...
Saying no is the constant dilemma of people with the biggest hearts. To them, refusing equates to rejecting. They tend to keep on doing favors until it's too much. Ngunit kailan nga ba masasabi kung sobra na? Einav Jynette R. Leyva is the sweetest soul in Calle Nueva. A people's person. A good mixer. A social butterfl...
SIS (Social Issue Series) #5: Victim Blaming Why is talking about sex a taboo? What's wrong with sex? Sex is normal. Sex is fine. As long as it is consensual then all else is good. But someone being sexually open does not and will never equate to providing license for slut shaming or sexual harassment. Iris Everleigh...
SIS (Social Issue Series) #3: Gender Inequality Men and women in the 21st Century still aren't able to totally get free from the socially defined roles. They are expected to act in certain ways just because they are male and female. Lalake ka raw kaya hindi ka pwede sa ganito. Babae ka raw kaya hanggang dito ka lang. ...
SIS (Social Issue Series) #1: Objectifying Women Over protectiveness of boyfriends are often romanticized as cute and caring nowadays. To the point that some ladies fail to live their lives to the fullest just to satisfy their men's insecurities and the likes. Pero kung ikaw si Nayeli Reese P. Eusebio, you'll probabl...
SIS (Social Issue Series) #2: Stereotyping Piercing, Tattoo, Dyed Hair. Usual indications of a badass. Kapag babae ka at meron ka nito ay malamang fuck girl, adik, slut, o wala ka raw patutunguhan sa buhay. Lia Kennedy grew up doing whatever she likes. Wala siyang nakitang rason para pigilan ang sarili sa kung ano man...
SIS (Social Issue Series) #4: Bullying They say that beauty is a luxury. That good looks is the only privilege that matters. That the world is only in favor of those who were born pretty. Sa panahon nga raw ngayon, parang kasalanan na ang pagiging less attractive. You're unappealing? Emotionally weak? Naive? How path...
[PUBLISHED under LIB] #2. "If liking you is a crime then why don't you convict me, attorney?"
"I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place." - Michael Faudet Deane Peñalosa a young lady is ought to discover her past, as her family decide to move to their hometown in Legazpi. It is a tranquil rural place, where the old ancestral house that their family owns is located. She la...
Aksidenteng napunta sa panahon ng 1941 si Euphie Encarnacion matapos niyang sundan ang isang babae sa gitna ng ulan. At dahil nag-iisa lang siya sa ibang lugar at oras, Tinulungan siya ng isang lalake at nagbukas ng bahay para sakaniya. Pero ngunit hindi siya makapaniwala nang mapansin niyang ang taong ito at ang hin...
(Battle of Manila 1945, Post World War II to Contemporary History) Ilang buwan na ang nakalipas magmula nang mapunta si James Salvacion sa taong 1945, kung kailan siya nakipaglaban ng isang buwan laban sa mga Hapones. Sa kanyang pagbabalik ay unti-unti niyang nakita ang pagbabago sa kanyang ugali. Pero, nanatili pa ri...
(Battle of Manila 1945 / Liberation of Manila) Kakayanin mo kayang mabuhay sa panahong walang kalayaan, puno ng hinagpis at kawalan ng pag-asa? Tunghayan ang mga nasaksihan ni James Salvacion sa panahong hindi niya kinabibilangan, at kung paano niya nalaman ang totoong ibig sabihin ng katapangan at pagmamahal sa baya...
[PUBLISHED under LIB] #1. "If pleading guilty means protecting you, I will."
Famous Hollywood actress, Yui Marie Kobayashi ate gossips for breakfast, fake news for lunch, and controversies for dinner. Lahat ng mga binabato sa kaniya ay taas-noo niyang hinaharap. For her, there's nothing in this world she can't have with her beauty alone. Twelve years ago, when she was younger, she puts a lot...
Alexandra was married to Pablo. She thought he was the perfect husband. And he was a great father to their kids. Although she had never liked her mother-in-law, she thought she could not ask for more. That's until Pablo's ex-fiancée, whom he was forced not to marry because of Alexandra, came back. Ang tahanang inakala...
Hadley Jamison doesn't know what to think when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, committed suicide. She didn't exactly know him, but that doesn't stop her from feeling like there was something she could have done to help him. So to Hadley's surprise, on the very night of Archer's funeral, she has a r...
Angeli found her boyfriend murdered in his office. Subalit walang gustong maniwala sa kanya. Ayon sa imbestigasyon ay nagpakamatay si Dirk. Nagbakasyon siya sa isang bayan sa norte upang malimutan ang trahedya. Doo'y nakilala niya si Hanz Belleza, a gorgeous fisherman, whose smile melted her knees. But he owned a blac...
What if you met the man of your dreams but he was already married... to you? Jamais Vu is a time-traveling romance wrapped in a deadly mystery. Nessa is in the last year of her university studies when she begins to experience strange phenomena - waves of déjà vu, convincing her that she is familiar with places she's...
"Life is a gamble, Bianca. And this is one gamble I have no intension of losing..." Bianca was living a wonderful life. May sarili siyang negosyo, may mga kaibigan, and a loving mother. Wala na siyang mahihiling pa. Kahit pa ipinagpipilitan ng mommy niya na malapit na siyang maging old maid at dapat nang mag-asawa ay...
Siya si Ronalyn Cruz. Isang call center agent na iginapang ang sarili mag isa. Pero bago siya naging si Rona, siya muna si Angel Joy Albana., ang dalagitang pinalayas ni Alissandro De Marco, ang bunsong anak na lalaki ng mag asawang kumupkop sa kanya. Nangako si Ronalyn na gugugulin ang ang lilipas na mga taon sa pag...
Si Brandon Brazil - ang Midnight Phantom. Isang guwapong DJ. Magnificently male. With a voice that would make a nice girl go bad. Subalit patuloy na nakakulong sa babae ng kahapon. Si Anya - ang thirty-nine-year-old stepmother. Kasalanan ba niya kung bakit nanatiling may poot sa dibdib ang Midnight Phantom? Ano ang li...
Walang hindi nakakakilala kay Miranda Alcaraz sa bayan nila. Unica hija ng isang ranchero. Kasama ng kabayong si Ivory ay hindi iilang tao ang dumanas ng lupit ng mga kamay niya sa sandaling ginalit o inagrabiyado ang dalaga. Hanggang kay Daniel...Ang kaisa-isang lalaking hindi niya mapayuko. Sa halip ay binigyan siya...
Every Christmas Eve, I'd always kiss Santa. It is the only relationship I have. [one-shot] [complete]
Maari ko bang hingin ang gabing ito, Nico? Love me, please..." isang araw ay sinabi ni Erika sa lalaki. Dose anyos pa lamang siya ay hindi na niya gusto si Nico; ang anak ng stepfather niya. Sampung taon ang ang lumipas ngunit walang nagbago sa damdamin niya. At ang dislike ay nauwi sa hatred nang ilayo siya ni Nico k...
Mula nang palisin ni Flavio Guillermo sa balat ng lupa ang pamilya Montañez ay namatay na rin ang anumang damdamin mayroon si Luke. For almost five years, he refused to feel anything. Until one stormy night. Hindi napigil ni Luke ang sariling tulungan ang babaeng namatayan ng baterya ang kotse sa gitna ng ilang at bum...
Dahil sa isang hindi magandang unang pagkikita ay na-involve ng husto si Ailyn sa magulong mundo ni Riki Montemayor, ang basagulerong prinsipe daw ng Sport's world. Labag man sa loob niya ay natagpuan niya ang sariling bodyguard nito. Doon nagsimula ang pasakit niya dahil walang araw na hindi sila aso't pusa kung mag...
"Kung hindi ba ako isang bodyguard mo lang, mamahalin mo rin ako?" Sa unang pagkakita pa lamang ni Redentor kay Samantha ay kinainisan na niya ito. Marahas, walang finesse, at tila lalaki. Pero wala siyang magawa, pinagbabantaan ang buhay niya at ito ang napili ng pinsan niyang maging bodyguard niya at sinasabing si S...
Isang linggo pagkatapos pakasalan si Alyna ni Dominic del Carmen ay umuwi ito sa probinsiya at hindi na muling nagpakita pa. Hinanap niya ang asawa sa probinsiyang sinasabi nito. Only to find out na ang tunay na Dominic del Carmen ay hindi ang lalaking inakala niyang pinakasalan siya. Bagaman guwapo ang nagpanggap na...
