"Concrete Hearts, Hollow Dreams"
This is my official entry for the 8Letters Urban Fiction Challenge for June 2025.
In a city built from smoke and struggle, three lives cross paths, Sofie, a quiet artist haunted by her past; Lian, a barker who learned to steal before he learned to dream; and Lance, a rapper with a voice shaped by grief and rage. Sa mga eskinita ng Maynila, where danger is constant and hope is a rare currency, they find each other and themselves.
This is a story of survival, second chances, and the quiet rebellion of choosing softness in a world that hardens.
Even in ruins, they dared to bloom.
Concrete hearts. Hollow dreams. But they still dreamed.