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Underneath the picture perfect facade, Faith Ann Rodriguez is filled with restrained emotions and suppressed dreams. Growing up in a conservative family has taught her to be prim and proper so she can be a good wife to her future husband. That has always been a struggle for her because she has never really been…
When Felicia wakes up one morning, she realizes that a year has been missing from her memory. It was a year she disappeared to the Underworld, and all she has left is a diary. Scared and clueless of what to do, Felicia decides to go back to her safe place – Santa Barbara. This time, however, she is not alone but with her best friend, Lucy, and the next door neighbor, Chris who was also an engkanto. It is easy to like Chris, but what Chris is offering her is too much. He gave up being an engkanto to be a mortal and to be with her. And what if she chooses to love him? Will he stay for good?
“Perhaps it’s my heart that hopes, that made me put into words these declarations of love.”
Spring City has been thriving amongst all the cities in the Philippines, built where once a mountain stood high, a new sanctuary for Felicia after running away from a painful past.
On her first day, she meets an eccentric neighbor, Carlotta claiming to be a witch. Then, there’s Chris, a handsome botanist who surprisingly, makes her feel like a teenager again.Everything is going well and as planned until the 31st of October.
In this collection of personal essays, Shiela M. Cancino will show us how her humble beginnings made way to fulfill her dreams, from being an accountant to becoming a professional career coach and world-class speaker.
Sunsets in Toulouse are tinged with pink, making the city the ideal romantic getaway in southwest France. But come sunrise, its walls are bloodstained and the air rancid.
Each day, a new body turns up, mangled, and almost unrecognizable. Each night, a monster prowls undetected.
In this dark narrative, five stories intertwine.
With mature content
Written during the pandemic, Cindy Wong will take us from Russia, Turkey, Antarctica, and the Philippines in her latest collection of personal essays entitled Embracing Uncertainties.
In this world of uncertainty, how do we find joy and strength? How do we keep our faith and love alive?
Phyre grew up under scrutiny and tight security as Princess of Calvero. It got worse after her father’s assassination, and the Queen took the throne. She used to wish she could run away from it all.
But now that she’s living in the human realm, Phyre wanted to return to Calvero.
The Queen sent her away when the opposing noble class tried to assassinate the princess. And so, between adjusting to the unfamiliar world and the surrounding threats, the greatest challenge for the young fairy is deciphering her guardian—the godfather she just met.
How do you endure unrequited love? Your love beats in secret. You keep your pain hidden. How do you move on from it?
How do you heal a heart no one knows broken? How do you dry tears you can’t shed? You cry in your sleep. You tell your heart to hush.
Hush, My Heart is a collection of poems and short stories about love, heartbreak, and moving on.
Silver Linings is the first anthology of LitArt Hub. This book is a carefully selected mix of literary and genre fiction depicting Philippine mythological creatures, time travel, women’s fiction, and the paranormal – with one common theme: love, in whatever form, triumphs over all, inspiring hope and courage in a pandemic setting.
May boses akong naririnig pero hindi ko naman maintindihan ang sinasabi. Nasa langit na kaya ako? Si Lord na ba ang kumakausap sa akin?
Asa lle elee… Buksan mo ang mga mata mo…
Sinunod ko ang utos sa akin.
Isang mukha ang nabungaran ko.
Isang estranghero ang may hawak-hawak ng mukha ko.
“Sino ka?”
Kunot-noo ang sagot niya sa akin. Binuka niya ang bibig niya pero walang boses na lumalabas.
Ilang hakbang na lang si Ar-Ar sa dagat. May nakaharang lang… Bakit ngayon pa pakalat-kalat ang batong ito? Lalagpasan sana niya ang bato ngunit natapilok siya. He ended up ‘kissing’ the stone instead. At biglang may nabuo na isang mukha…
I want blasphemy, murder, rape, revolution, anything, bad or good, but strong. – Aleister Crowley Beautiful Blasphemy is a collection of poems inspired by dark musings and nightmares. It displays the raw, violent, yet vivid imagery of themes that are not accepted or by many but possess certain glint of beauty born from chaos and deviations from the norm.
“Deskaril” recalls personal, political and cultural events that shaped young Filipinos who grew up between Metro Manila and their own home town – wherever that may be. Each poem tackles everyday realities like chatting with friends online, posting on social media or cramming one?s body inside a train.
Si Kaito Edogawa, isang exchange student sa Japan, ay nagbabalik sa Pinas dahil sa trahedyang sinapit ng kanyang ama at para magpatuloy ng pag-aaral dito. Sa unibersidad, makikilala niya ang isang misteryosong estudyante na si Edward Quilvas.
Nagkasama sila sa isang proyekto na kung saan ay kailangan nilang sumama sa apartment ng kagrupo nilang si Maudie. Dito ay hindi inaasahang mangyayari ang isang malagim na trahedya – isang suicide, o murder?
Lingid sa kaalaman ni Kaito ay isa palang amateur detective ang kaibigang si Quilvas. At sa malamig na apartment nga na ito magsisimula ang kanilang mahabang pakikipagsapalaran.
Okay na sana ang lahat sa buhay ni Lex nang manligaw sa kanya ang dreamboy niyang si Enzo, ngunit medyo nagkagulo nang biglang nagpabagu-bago ang pakikitungo sa kanya ng kanyang best friend na si Ivan dahil dito. Sino ang mas magiging matimbang sa kanyang puso–si Dreamboy o si Bespren?
SWIPE LEFT, SWIPE RIGHT
One, Two, Shit… is her first collection of poems and personal essays on moving on and starting over again.
