SHORT STORIES

Dalawang tao na magkaiba ang buhay na kinagisnan. Nais takasan ang kanilang mundong kinamulatan, upang hanapin ang kulang sa kanila. Pagtatagpuin sa Isang daan kung saan susubukin ang kanilang kapalaran. Will they stay on track or will stay together?

VOLUME 1 Eivel L. Leoda was known as a genius. However, it seems like solving riddles and questions in real life won't help her solve her personal problems. Instead, playing a game would help her achieve her goals. But rather than making a character to play, she didn't think that she herself will be a player inside the game. Escaping reality to enter the virtual world, from aiming to be a top student to a top player. With no background about games, and with just her knowledge, will she be able to complete the game challenges and achieve her goal? ∆∆∆ It's all fun and games. Until the game became a reality. Don't trust your eyes, Everyone is in disguise. Each one of you is a player, Let's play the Game of Life. Let's start the game.

Online Game# 1: DANI X RAYDIN

"If the world will fall to its end, how would you survive?" Cerise had never thought of seeing herself in a situation where she needs to fight for her life. She never dared to envisioned herself being in a chaotic world filled with agony and chaos. However, all of that changed when an unexpected event took place. An undefined creatures started to invade the world and wrecked havoc to the place she had once called home. With the world on the brink of destruction, Cerise, together with her allies must stand all the way to face those species and fight them under the name of survival. **** Highest ranks: #1 invasion #2 alien #5 teens #5 horror #10 thrill

In the near dystopian future where the population has blown up, women and the poor are more oppressed, and those with positions who abuse their power remain unscathed, a girl called Sunny wants nothing more than to break the vicious system. But how can she do this if all they can do is run for their lives? *** In the year 2070, impulsive, tactless, and hardheaded Sonia "Sunny" Gallego enters the First Ward Academy with a goal in mind: get an important position at the Capital and break the rotten system. She abhors that women and the poor are oppressed yet again, and those in positions of power are still abusing their authorities, only now coupled with advanced technology. With royal face-offs, ultimate meat researches, past secrets, and family revelations coming her way, she learns that what she has in mind is not an easy task. Will she be able to break the system or will she be a part of it? "Life is a race," they say, "so run for your life!" DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano"

[RFYL book 2] When the enemy is close behind, you need to run as fast as you can. RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN Written by: SHINICHILAAAABS Genre: Science Fiction August 2, 2018

She can see the future, her name is Jill Morie. They are Peculiars, they exist. And this is their tale. ***** Jill Morie, the girl who can see the future, never wants her power and believes that every event in the universe is already determined. Until one day, she decided to interfere with fate to compensate for her guilt. And this is the beginning of her quest. She then discovered that there are other beings like her who have exceptional abilities and a secret organization called 'Memoire' who hunts them down. -- THE PECULIARS' TALE (Wattys 2015 Winner) Genre: Scifi, Action, Young Adult, Mystery-Thriller Status: Completed

A new academy opens for the ability-users and a dark twist puts the students in a game of critical thinking and mind manipulation. Serena who becomes a threat to two dividing factions slowly uncovers the truth, but her own secrets also starts to show. Will she be able to play the right cards or will her bet be too high that it now requires life? Welcome to the game of cards and life! Blackjack officially starts at your admission. [Book Cover: Whoisshe]

After losing her entire family to a devastating typhoon, Behati joins a powerful global aerospace organization dedicated to saving humanity from disasters, only to find herself torn between duty and love when a fearless astronaut from her past becomes her partner in missions that could decide the fate of the world. *** After losing her family in a catastrophic typhoon, Behati Azalea Monzanto dedicates her life to saving others by joining UASA, a global organization that responds to disasters and worldwide crises. Now one of its most skilled flight lieutenants, she meets the relentless astronaut-pilot Rylandrien Peter Armstrong, a man connected to a painful part of her past. As dangerous missions and global threats push them closer together, Behati must confront grief, love, and the sacrifices required to protect humanity. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

ONE APP. ONE CHANCE ENCOUNTER. TWO HEARTS DRAWN TOGETHER. As if willed by fate, college students Elrond and Elora found themselves connected to each other through Alter-a rising dating app in their generation. Elrond, the Civil Engineering student with a gamer's heart, never intended to find love online. But when he downloaded the infamous dating app called Alter, he was instantly matched to Elora, a Literature major student with an introverted spirit. What started as a harmless online chat will soon turn into an undeniable connection that will take them to the discovery of the mysteries that surround them and within Alter. But when their realities were not what they seemed to be, will they be brave enough to risk it all for the sake of love? *** Against Alter by AnakniRizal & Nininininaaa