𝘎𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶, [𝘔/𝘕], 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. || 𝘠𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦!𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘹 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦!𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 ||

Los Rosarios, the town where every year, a woman goes missing. Dwellers claim that the ghost of Lakan emerges to take souls to relive his grieving every Marcela's death anniversary. This urban legend stems from the great love that was fell into tragic ending in 1998. The Benedicto, a rich and prominent family who ruled the town for generations. Just like the tale as old as time: Marcela, the family's adopted, youngest, and only female child, falls in love with the mansion gardener, Lakan. They kept their relationship secret in fear of disapproval. However, her family still learns and thwarted, but later accepts the truth. Everything appears to be perfect, not until one fateful night, Lakan was murdered. He was found on the river, floating and dead. Ensued to Marcela's devastation after his sudden death, she committed suicide by hanging herself in the tree near the river. Twenty years passed, when an orphan girl from nowhere, Aly, found herself in the town. The people quiver with fear upon meeting her, as she looks exactly like the long-dead Marcela. They believed that Marcela reincarnated as Aly and she would make Lakan's misery bring to a halt. The town started to question her existence. Is it really the past attempting to change its fate to the present, or is this simply a haunting chaos in the present biding its time to disrupt the future? --- Published: 28 August 2022 Finished: 12 January 2023

Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son. ***** Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice. [[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]] [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

[ time travel x greek mythology retelling with a twist ] Celena has always been a lover of books. As any sane bibliophile does, she wishes to escape into fictional worlds and forget about her monotonous life that's become slightly painful as of recent events. But what Celena doesn't wish for is to get sucked into the realm of Greek Gods in just a turn of a page - literally. She is trapped in an unbelonging world, becomes witness to an illicit affair of Gods and discovers a piece of the future that shatters her. Celena must do everything she can to alter the future and if forging a deal with a God is what it takes, she will take up the challenge. But will she really keep up her end of the deal?

The heart's quiet ache, a symphony of yearning played out in the shadows. It's a dance of silent admiration, a tender touch of emotions, a melody that echoes in the chambers of the soul, yet denied its rightful rhythm by a cruel hand of fate. How far will this unspoken feelings go?

••• Enma Clarisse Castillo is a twenty year old college student currently on her last year in Bachelor in Medical Laboratory Science. She has a reputation for being a love cynic and a conservative. Growing up in a toxic environment, she has been trying to prove herself to her family, specifically to her mother all her life. Fighting to be seen and to be heard, wearing that mask she carefully carved through expectations and guilt. When Enma finally learned the truth about her family, it cost her an entire year in college. This failure made her realized that she's done fighting for someone else. This time, she will fight for herself and for her own happiness. On that realization, her paths crossed with Ian. Ian Michael Marron, a 22 year old fresh graduate from UP. He was in a sense, Enma's opposite. He grew up in a comfortable life and without any pressure from his family. He's perfect in all aspects: brain, looks, talent, and even in personality. But this seemingly perfect image will soon break. Two flawed souls, quite different but similar. Just fighting to break off each other's masks, revealing their true selves. Will they love what they see inside? Or will they retreat back to their own familiar traumas? ••• Copyright 2025 Language: Filipino (Tagalog ) and English ᜉᜍᜎᜓᜋᜈ᜔

[EPISTOLARY #2] Her name written on a piece of tissue. A man who picked it up. And half past one conversations. Half Past One written by: syrynah Started: April 4, 2021 Ended: May 11, 2021 © All Rights Reserved Highest rank so far: #3 - chatserye as of 04.26.21