DESPEDIDA GONE WRONG. What's supposed to be a memorable send-off party ends up in tragedy as the celebrant drops dead after making a toast. Of all the possibilities, murder seems to be most likely scenario. And the suspects? The four attendees who were present during that fateful evening. Did one of them kill the victim? Did two or three conspire? Did they all do it together? Or did someone else orchestrate the murder? Everyone in that party is a suspect-even the victim himself.

At the elite Clark University, student life is dictated by the M.E.R.I.T. system, an algorithm that rewards good performance and punishes bad behavior-controlling everything from campus privileges to sought-after scholarships. Enter Wysiwyg Watson, a once-indifferent Computer Science student who has had enough of the system's oppressive hold and is determined to break its chains. His mission, however, won't be easy as a team of student investigators is intent on tracking him down and bringing him to justice. Ideologies clash and methods collide in a high-stakes game of reform versus revolution and order versus chaos.

After getting hurt by the people around her, aspiring chef Dacia Holgado builds up her walls to protect her heart... until band bassist Eris Arriaga comes along and tears them apart. *** Graduating culinary arts student Dacia Holgado gets the biggest twist of her life when she crosses paths with Epicenter's bassist Eris Arriaga. She hates his guts and vices while he hates how pampered and perfect she is. They are complete opposites, but Dacia's version of an ideal man unexpectedly changes the more she gets to know Eris. As Epicenter slowly reaches their dream and gets a shot at stardom, Dacia and Eris' relationship is suddenly put to a test. Is their young and passionate love enough to help them survive? Or will they realize that what they have is really just a phase and is meant to end? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Cover Design by Regina Dionela

Join Lorelei and Loki as they unravel the threads of mystery, unveil the masks of evil intentions and put together the pieces of the puzzle in their adventures. Looking for VOLUME 2? Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/220978938-project-loki-volume-2 Looking for VOLUME 3? Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/101604752-project-loki-volume-3 ✓Published under PSICOM Publishing ✓Wattys 2016 Talk of the Town ✓Featured Mystery/Thriller story Cover Illustration by Chiire Dumo.

["PLAY THE KING" IS ACT TWO OF THE "PLAY" SERIES. PLEASE READ "PLAY THE QUEEN" FIRST.] It's been four months since Priam Torres, the once unpopular president of the Elysian University Student Council, assumed office. Thanks to his chief-of-staff Castiel Seville's ingenuity and Fabienne Lucero's cooperation to play as his first lady, his approval ratings are up. Everything is looking good for him and the council, and reelection is now viable. However, Priam's presidency is at extreme risk as one of the college student council chairpersons will attempt to dethrone him and bring down his administration. It's now up to Castiel and Fabienne-along with their new ally-to prevent the worst case scenario from happening. Players will make moves and countermoves. Chess pieces will dance on the board. Kings will clash-and only one of them can wear the crown and sit in the coveted throne. The play resumes.

Ripper series #1: Envied for her almost perfect life, Tamara Consulacion has everything a girl could ever ask for. But what happens when the good girl gets tangled to a serial killer's game? Time is ticking as the body count rises, with riddles to solve and loved ones to protect, can the good girl live long enough to save them from the crimson ripper?

Crime and murder podcaster Wren Lozarte is desperate to earn money for her ailing uncle so she accepts a strange but high-paying offer from a mysterious businessman. What started as an unusual marketing scheme becomes a fight for survival when the "serial killer" they created seemingly came to life. *** After returning to her hometown to take care of her uncle who has cancer, Elianna Wren Lozarte realized that the money she earns from podcasting true crime stories isn't enough to support them. So, when a staff from Tramwell Industries offers her a high paying job-become part of a marketing scheme to stir up fear in people into believing that there's a serial killer to make them buy the company's upcoming state of the art security system-Wren accepts. Making a serial killer? That's an easy one. The hard part is when the killings become real, and entangled secrets reveal themselves before her very eyes. Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Cover Design by: Rayne Mariano

Vertigo was published last 2014, under Life is Beautiful Corp.

[FIL/ENG] The Mhorfell Academy of Gangsters was innovated mainly for the accommodation of the so-called black sheep of the society and their families. Mafiosos, gangsters, rebels, and delinquents were all welcomed to enter the mortal gates of hell in the academy and encounter experiences that they would never forget. Alex Cromello, a rebel and a victim of a traumatic event has been condemned by his uncle to study inside the dormitory school, Mhorfell Academy. Little did she know that she'll be meeting with the school's most powerful and influential students who are reigning the student body with their strength and authority. Aside from that, her friends who were also victims of the incident four years ago joined her to face a new pace and new set of opponents. As their new school year runs, mysteries are set to happen, different emotions will linger, feelings deep inside will rise, and a ten-year-old case will be investigated. Together, they were put up to solve them, to battle against the odds inside, and to struggle to graduate alive. #1 Science Fiction (Highest rank) Book 2: Mhorfell Academy and The Onyx Blood Disease (also Published under PSICOM) Book 3: MIKHAELA (Ongoing)

The new semester opens with a bang that shocks the four Houses of QED University, an exclusive school for promising students of the science of deduction and art of detection. The Holmesian Harriet Harrison never thought that the day would come when their archnemesis Moriartian faction beat them in the House War. Her competitive attitude toward her class rival Morrie Moreno intensifies, each trying to outsmart and outmaneuver the other. But trouble does not stop there. The most charming Adlerian Aiden Alterra commits himself to a "secret mission" and starts pestering Harriet. The seemingly mute Wilhelmina Williams from the Watsonian faction also gets dragged along with the three in a string of mysterious incidents that will plague the university. Despite their dissenting motivations and unique personalities, the four will have no choice but to work together as a team toward one common goal and against one common enemy. The classes begin. Character illustrations by RAZE_DALI