Manila Stories

Eddis Marx left the UK to pursue his dream of starting the Golden Rose Gallery in Manila, Philippines. His passion was outsider art. With his beautiful wife, Pinky Shie, he built a quiet haven in the art world. But slowly, the tentacles of a Manila crime family reached into their safe haven.

he was written to find someone else. she never told him she was the one who wrote them both. rui doesn't remember arriving. he remembers waking up in manila with no name, no history, and one impossible certainty: somewhere in this city is a woman named aeri, and finding her is the only reason he exists. laiza is the journalist who takes him in, feeds him, teaches him the small, ordinary things nobody ever wrote into his story, and falls for him slowly, the way you fall for someone you've already decided you're not allowed to keep. she never tells him the one thing that matters most: she's the one who wrote him. and aeri too. some secrets don't survive being loved this long.

When the familiar streets of Pasig City descend into an undead nightmare, a family's bond becomes their only lifeline. Odri isn't a typical hero; he is a forty-five-year-old man harboring a terrifying secret: the zombie virus is already in his veins. As a hybrid caught between the remaining humans and evolving, intelligent undead variants, Odri must fight to retain his humanity. Beside him is his wife, Benz, a courageous cancer survivor who refuses to let the apocalypse claim what her illness couldn't. Guided by the keen instincts of their loyal six-year-old beagle, Alice, they embark on a brutal journey across a ruined city to reunite with the rest of their family. But the dead aren't the only monsters, as a ruthless faction of human survivors is actively hunting Odri down. How much of your humanity would you sacrifice to save the ones you love?

JAYFER - Fragments of Section E GIVE IT A TRY, and I promise you won't regret reading it... In HVIS Manila, rivalries were nothing new. Section A against Section E. Fights. Secrets. Broken rules. It was normal. But nothing was ever normal when Mark Keifer Watson, Care Watson, and Jasper Jean Mariano were involved. Once inseparable, the Watson twins became each other's greatest enemies. Nobody knew how. Nobody knew why. Only that the hatred between them was powerful enough to destroy everything around them. And somehow... Jasper Jean Mariano stood at the center of it all. Once, Section E was more than a class. They were family. Unbreakable. Or so they thought. One revelation changed everything. Trust turned into betrayal. Friends became enemies. Half of Section E stood with Mark Keifer Watson. The other half stood with Jasper Jean Mariano. And the Great Section E ceased to exist. Then JJ disappeared. No goodbye. No explanation. No trace. For years, she was nothing more than a memory. Until they found her. Alive. Married. Smiling. Living a life that seemed untouched by the people she left behind. But something isn't right. Because JJ never forgets. So why does it feel like she's hiding the truth? As old friends reunite, buried secrets begin to surface. What really happened the day Section E fell apart? Why do the Watson twins hate each other? Who betrayed them? Why did JJ leave? And why does every answer lead to a secret someone was willing to destroy lives to protect? Because what if JJ never abandoned them? What if she was forced to disappear? And what if everything Section E believes about the past is a lie? Welcome back to HVIS. Welcome back to Section E. Where every memory hides a secret... And some truths should have stayed buried.

"Eldest daughters and eldest sons don't work out. Because at the end of the day, both of them have to choose between family and love." For Lila, love was never a fairytale--- it was an obligation. Elliot was the safe, devoted sanctuary chosen by her family, a man who wants to take the steering wheel of her life so she never has to worry again. And then, there is Gideon, the awkward marine student she caught cheating, a man who doesn't offer a cinematic rescue, yet was the one who understands the exhausting roads she walks before she could even say a word. When the heavy expectations of being the eldest child threaten to sink her future, Lila is forced to confront her deepest uncertainties. One man holds a piece of her past, while the other shares the exact same burdens of her present. Standing on the same ground of love, family, and happiness, Lila must discover what happens when duty clashes with a love that refuses to let go. 06.28.26

Continuation of ANG MUTYA NG SECTION E BOOK 3 .

[Enemies to Lovers | Modern Fantasy | Grumpy x Sunshine | Forced Proximity] She's a florist on the verge of bankruptcy. He's the smug neighbor who thinks her plants are on life support. But he's also hiding a magical jungle on the roof-and a secret that's about to change her life.

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Living in Manila has always been hard. But with him, everything feels so much lighter. Within our rooms, through long nights outside, and during the soft hours before the sun rises, the gaps between my fingers have been filled with care, love, and safety. We are ahead of everyone else, even the sun itself. Palagi kaming nauuna patungo sa susunod na araw. I'm right here. It's almost 6 o'clock. Where you at?

Eight years ago, they were just two Ateneo students who thought love was enough. Back then, they had all the time in the world. Until they didn't. Rue Caela Moreno left without looking back, carrying a goodbye she never meant to say. Now, eight years later, she's back in the city she once called home. And the boy she left behind? He's no longer a boy. But every time Ridley Kane Cole looks at her, she feels eighteen all over again.

Welcome to P-Popped - the ultimate reality-music series where the heart of Filipino pop beats louder than ever! Set in the vibrant streets and studios of Manila, this electrifying show brings together the nation's biggest names and rising stars to reimagine global pop culture through a distinctly Filipino rhythm, flair, and soul. Hosted by a dynamic pair of international icons, P-Popped celebrates creativity, collaboration, and the explosive artistry that defines P-Pop. Each episode challenges artists to take iconic hits-from their own catalogs or from other chart-toppers-and transform them into bold, uniquely "P-Popped" performances infused with local culture, modern choreography, and heartfelt storytelling. The cast features an all-star lineup, including SB19, ALAMAT, BINI, Sarah Geronimo, and a powerhouse roster of musical guests representing the past, present, and future of the Filipino sound. Together, they form unexpected teams, blending genres like pop, hip-hop, folk, and R&B with indigenous and regional influences. From reinventing viral anthems to creating original collab tracks, P-Popped proves that Filipino talent can turn any beat into a masterpiece. With dazzling performances, behind-the-scenes camaraderie, and heart-tugging rivalries, P- Popped captures the passion, humor, and unity that define the Filipino spirit. It's more than a show-it's a movement redefining what it means to go P-Pop Global.

This is a story about a special encounter between TWICE and a unique fan. Unknown entities are influencing the very essence of warfare. Twice who are stuck in Manila are fated to face countless trials and enemies. What kind of meetings and events will take place during their stay in Manila? A true ONCE will stake his life if it means TWICE will be safe and happy. Conspiracy? Government? Country? The Whole world? Bring it on!

Barangay Sanay Story Description In the burning garbage slopes of 1990s Smokey Mountain, Manila, survival is already a kind of horror. Jun, a teenage scavenger, spends his days collecting scrap, boiling pagpag, filtering dirty water, and protecting his pregnant fourteen-year-old sister Tess and their younger brother Noel, a child already slipping into rugby addiction. Their world is made of rot, smoke, hunger, corrupt landlords, political lies, and people who have learned to live beside suffering so long they no longer recognize it as abnormal. Then reality breaks. A small invisible anomaly appears inside Smokey Mountain: a circular zone of zero gravity and near-vacuum where garbage, animals, and eventually people drift upward into the fog and vanish. At first, the poor notice it before anyone else. Then the government arrives. Then the media. Then scientists, soldiers, tourists, politicians, opportunists, and cults. The world suddenly wants Smokey Mountain. Not because of the people living there. Because the anomaly may be humanity's cheapest doorway to space. As the fog thickens and the anomaly spreads its influence, the community begins to mutate socially before it mutates physically. People grow angrier. Rumors become doctrine. Political fanaticism becomes religion. Stray animals are found butchered into strange symbols. Cults rise around blood, water, prophecy, and the unborn child inside Tess. Jun wants nothing to do with gods, miracles, or politics. He only wants his family alive. But when Tess gives birth to twins during a night of chanting, death, and impossible visions, Jun is forced into a choice that will shape the future of the world. Barangay Sanay is a political cosmic horror novel about poverty, corruption, cults, tribalism, and the most terrifying thing humans can do: get used to anything.

Short BL Story (10 Chapters + Prologue and Epilogue)

What if every mythology you've ever read was real? The gods never left. They just got forgotten by the majority. When a notification appeared on Marco's phone from an app that doesn't exist, he does what any reasonable person would do: ignores it, goes home, makes dinner, and builds a list of explanations that works. None of them works. Now he's standing in Intramuros at midnight being told he's a proxy in a cosmic System that has been governing reality since before history; drafted by a faction that dissolved six hundred years ago, with a file on him going back three thousand years, and every divine power on the planet was suddenly very interested in him. Nobody knows why the System allowed it. The gods are running on politics and desperation for nearly a millennia, the reset countdown is active. And somewhere behind all of it, someone used a dead faction's credentials to put Marco in this position deliberately. They've been waiting three thousand years for him to get here.

She is the province girl and an academic achiever with strict parents. He is the city boy and an athlete with Rockwell vibes. The exact opposite of each other, yet the exact similar too. What could happen the moment their eyes met one night when it's raining in Manila? No, they won't fall in love. This story is inspired by the song Raining in Manila by Lola Amour.

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A fan made spinoff of the hit series "Stranger Things", this story is set in Manila, Philippines and is in the same universe as the original series. Plot Synopsis: A crack appears inside of Jake's ( lead character) house and widens as time flies by, meanwhile Jake thinks it just a result of an earthquake that recently occured in their town. After he finds out the truth, he and his friends try to seal the crack through another world.

There was a man living near Gilmore station with his girlfriend, and he works for his living so he can provide his needs. However, his fate will be determined by a tragic event.

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