Mindanao Stories

I love him, yet I hurt in return, but then I chose to stay and accept him again. They say that when you love someone, they will come back no matter how much pain you have in return, but will it all be worth it? Should I give him another chance? Well. I may give him another chance but Not Now, Maybe Soon.

Sa isang pag-ibig parehas kayong lalaban, sa isang lugar nagkita ang dalawang puso na parehong may pinaglalaban. The found each other in the midst of war. Kung alam mong ang puso nya ay sakop ng buong bansa, makikisingit ka ba? Will you pursue everything to be with him? Paano kung ang dami mo palang hindi alam? Paano kung sa laban na akala mo panalo kayo, sa huli uuwi kang talo? Will you love a soldier who is willingly want to die for his country? Will you love a soldier who doesn't even introduce 5% of his life for you? What will you do?

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It began with his text. It ended with her silence. It resumed with their family's truth. It's complicated by distance; And torn between homes. Started: June 28, 2016 Finished: September 18, 2016

This internet novel is dedicated to the hapless civilians who perished in the unimaginable tragedy that unfolded in the islamic city of southern Philippines. It is also a salute to the gallant Filipino troops and policemen who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the continuing fight against tyranny and violence.

pictures lee has taken in her lifetime.

Kumusta~ Ako si Vanessa Maribela delos Santos, personification of Visayas and here are headcanons about me! ;D

A bisaya story

Kamusta, my diary. No one can ever read you except for me. I trust you the most and I won't ever let anyone read you, including Ms. Philippines, Visayas and Mindanao. (A/N: Feel free to comment and ask me about some things. :D)

Ian struggles to find courage to start talking to Ysah, a bright, courageous and hopeful young lady. Little does he know that what lies between them is far more than just shyness.

Davao City was bombed and it was a traumatizing experience for everyone. This is not normal because this doesn't normally happen. The last bombing happened 13 years ago in an airport, and never did it happen again until last night. Just a few thoughts about the recent happening in my hometown.

While starting a fresh beginning, a new opportunity was opened to Tania and she didn't waste the chance to give her family a future they deserve. But what if that chance would turn out to be something that she didn't anticipate?

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When a classified viral specimen smuggled through Macabalan Port is accidentally released during a hospital demo, a strange infection spreads rapidly-turning people into hyper-aggressive, mutated zombies. As martial law locks down Cagayan de Oro, a group of 2nd-year Radiologic Technology students from Liceo de Cagayan University finds themselves trapped inside the Medical Science Building. With the city collapsing, they intercept an eerie emergency radio broadcast from a long-abandoned FM station downtown. The message hints at a small boat bound for Camiguin-the last rumored safe zone. But there's a terrifying catch: The virus doesn't just spread through blood or bites. It mutates through certain Bisaya phrases carried in recorded sound. Silence may be the only way to survive. Welcome to CDO. Speak wisely. Or die screaming.

Fragments of a Shattered Sun is an oral history novel chronicling the fictional Mindanao War of Independence (2028-2031), told through interviews, recovered letters, declassified documents, and testimonies collected by a historian in 2041. For decades, Manila treated Mindanao as a colony within its own nation-extracting nickel, gold, and timber while returning only soldiers and broken promises. When a leaked government bill threatens to privatize Lake Lanao itself, selling the sacred waters to presidential cronies, three unlikely leaders stand together: a Maranao professor, a Christian bishop, and a Lumad chieftain whose father was killed by Moro fighters decades earlier. Their declaration of independence ignites a war that will draw in great powers, shatter families, and force impossible choices on everyone it touches. The novel unfolds through a mosaic of voices on all sides of the conflict: a schoolteacher who becomes a guerrilla commander; a young soldier from Luzon questioning why he's fighting people who look like his cousins; a trauma surgeon who abandons her Manila career to operate by flashlight in jungle caves; fishermen turned smugglers; overseas workers who leave jobs in the Gulf to take up rifles; diplomats maneuvering in Bangkok and Riyadh; a palace secretary who witnesses power unraveling from the inside. As the war escalates, foreign powers pursue their own interests on Mindanaoan soil. American advisors, Chinese operatives, Malaysian intelligence officers, and Filipino diaspora networks from Dubai to San Diego are drawn into a conflict that refuses simple narratives of good and evil. Fragments of a Shattered Sun explores how ordinary people are transformed by extraordinary circumstances-and what it costs to build a nation from blood and hope. It is a story of exploitation and resistance, of unity forged across generations of distrust, and of the question that haunts everyone who survives: was it worth it?

A terrible past. A broken family. A dead lover. A vengeful young woman. A confused young man. A horrible secret.

In the tranquil islands of Tawi-Tawi, Shareen, a dedicated community worker and aspiring writer, lives a life devoted to empowering women and children. Eddie, a newly returned police officer haunted by past expectations, seeks purpose beyond his badge. When their paths cross at a graduation party, an undeniable connection sparks between them. Shareen is caught off guard, and Eddie realizes that this woman is the disc jockey who brings joy to him. But can they overcome personal insecurities and societal expectations to embrace a love fated in the shadows? "Fated in the Shadows" is a story of destiny, community, and finding love in the most unexpected places.

A beast forged in obedience, bound to the will of its unseen master. It moves like a shadow, silent and merciless, an executioner of divine wrath. Across the Philippine Archipelago, creatures flee as the sky tears open, the ground choking on the blood of the fallen. No force of man or nature can defy the command that echoes in its mind-the command to erase, to consume, to end. But deep within the darkness, something stirs-a whisper of defiance, a fracture in absolute control. As the last breath of life dwindles, the question remains: is fate truly unbreakable, or can the chains of obedience finally shatter? *October 10. 2020