stares and glasses

With the brick wall broken, and her mind on the verge of collapse, truths unravel, and ties are broken. ----------------------- "Behind Rose-Tinted Glasses", is a compilation of short stories featuring women, mostly of Igbo heritage, who try to overcome the challenges set before them. Will their fight against society, their imperfections, and their demons, be worth the while? Will the relationships they form be their redemption, or their end. ---------------------------- “How dare you” s, filled my head, beating me down with full force to the ground. Where was Nene? Couldn’t she hear his voice? Why could she not hear it? The whole village must have heard it by now. ---------------------------- Photo Credits, or book cover art: Mathilde Crétier It was gotten off of Pinterest.

“Lalaki lang ako, mahina sa tukso.” This kind of reasoning did not work well with Ashene Lei Castro. Bukod sa galit siya, ito rin ang unang heart break niya sa kanyang first boyfriend na si John Kenneth Guzman. Gusto niya rin naman subukan na patawarin ito, ngunit ni isang “sorry,” walang lumabas mula sa labi ng binata. Mahal niya ito, ngunit hindi niya hahayaan na masaktan siya muli. Simula noon, pinangako niya sa sarili na wala nang makapananakit pa sa kanya. And her way of doing so is kind of peculiar – wearing thick glasses. Ayaw niyang may lumapit pa na lalaki sa kanya at subukang suyuin siya, kung sa huli ay magloloko lang ulit. But there is more behind the glasses. Maiintindihan kaya iyon ng lalaking gusto muling subukan na maging parte ng buhay niya? O tuluyan na siya nitong bibitawan?

Scarlett Wattson, a professional doctor, loses her parents during an earthquake and finds herself opening up to Aleridge S. Williams. Just when the two are getting along, Scarlett finds herself in a different world!? While she is missing Aleridge, how is she going to survive in this new world where magic and science coexist! How will she get back to her own world? Is there even a way out? Stay tuned to find out mysteries of dark and light attributes with Scarlett!

Many things have changed, in the thousands of years of Stillera's history. Wars waged, countries razed, prosperity and destitution walking hand in hand throughout the centuries. But one thing that has remained a constant, are the Rifts. They harbor within them unfathomable horror, creatures that have flooded into the world of Stillera time and again. However, for the first time in a long time, Stillera seems to have reached an uneasy equilibrium with the terrors of the Rift, people with abilities that rival the monstrosities seeking to destroy them rising up to defend their home. But, in an unremarkable forest, in an unmarked lab, a creature has been born. Grown from the dark flesh of the Rift. And all it knows is hunger. After all, as those in Stillera have come to know... The Abyss has a tendency to stare back.

A world of where supernatural, hunters, and the concept of multiverse exists It's a mix- well more like a clusterf*ck between three genres. Okay enough fking around, here's the real description; A man from the Beginning of Time returns to his world to find everything is in disarray. Hunters, Monsters, Dungeons, and Abilities... What's all this? And now there's Devils living among humans? How will things turn when he finds out that the entire Multiverse is at stake?

Si Kaelen Yui Moretti ay namumuhay sa isang payak at tahimik na buhay sa Pilipinas, malayo sa ingay ng mundo at sa mga aninong pilit niyang tinatakasan. Sa ilalim ng bago niyang pagkakakilanlan, siya ay isang babaeng walang ibang hangad kundi ang kalayaan—isang kalayaang matagal niyang ipinagkait sa sarili mula noong lisanin niya ang malupit na mundo ng North Korea at ang magulong operasyon sa Russia. ​Ngunit ang nakaraan ay hindi isang bagay na madaling ibaon sa limot. ​Habang unti-unting nakakamit ni Kaelen ang kapayapaang inaasam, isang serye ng mga pangyayari ang maglalantad sa kaniyang lihim. Ang mga "multo" ng kaniyang nakaraan—mga makapangyarihang organisasyong matagal na siyang hinahanap—ay nakatunton sa kaniyang kinaroroonan. Hindi na sapat ang pagtatago; ang mga taong nakapaligid sa kaniya ay nadadamay na, at ang bawat hakbang niya ay minamanmanan na ng mga kaaway. ​Sa gitna ng panganib at pagtataksil, mapagtatanto ni Kaelen na ang kaniyang pagtakas ay hindi pala katapusan ng kaniyang kapalaran, kundi ang simula lamang ng isang mas malaking digmaan. Haharapin niya ang katotohanang may mga bahagi ng kaniyang pagkatao na hindi niya kailanman matatalikuran, at ang tanging paraan upang tuluyang makalaya ay ang harapin ang kaniyang nakaraan nang mukhaan—kahit pa ang kapalit nito ay ang buhay na pinaghirapan niyang itayo.

Kwame lost his dad at an early age, growing up, he finds out that there are a lot of secrets his mom is hiding from him. Including the fact that he has a missing step brother, he’s on the search for his brother with the help of his best friend James!

Three months after I gave birth to the Bellini family heir, Matteo, the family's Underboss, finally asked me to marry him. But I turned him down, gave up my son, and walked away alone. Matteo dismissed it, confident I was just throwing a tantrum and would come crawling back, still madly in love with him. He told his men, "She schemed to get pregnant just to become Mrs. Bellini. You think she'd actually walk away?" Five years later, I was accompanying my husband to a charity gala when a small, unfamiliar boy suddenly rushed over and hugged me. He hugged me tight and shouted to Matteo, who stood a short distance away, "Papa, I found Mamma! You don't have to spend all night staring at her picture anymore!" My heart hammered against my ribs. When I looked up, I met Matteo's gaze, his eyes startlingly red.

Wendell is a quiet, soft–spoken bartender who tends an isolated bar in a wasteland where time slips, memories decay, and reality bends at the edges. He does not know how long he has been here. He barely remembers who he is. Each day, more of his mind withers, leaving behind only fragments and rituals, like polishing glasses that reflect things no mirror should ever show. He only understood one thing. If he serves someone a second drink, he forgets them completely. Wendell believes he is trapped within the bar. He believes he is human. He believes the strange distortions around him are simply the nature of this broken world. But when a woman he almost recognizes stumbles inside, and flees in terror, followed by a quiet young man with a briefcase that should not exist, cracks begin to form in Wendell’s fading identity. The man treats him with an unsettling familiarity. He waits. He watches. And when Wendell finally opens the abandoned briefcase, a vortex erupts and drags him inside. Only then is the truth revealed. Wendell is not a forgotten bartender at all. He is a creature bound to the bar for reasons he can no longer recall. A monster whose memories have been stripped away and sealed inside a device meant to contain him.

In a kingdom long forgotten, a prince falls deeply in love with a blind princess, who, despite his unwavering affection, fears he will tire of her. To prove her worth, she sends him on a quest to find dwarves who can repair her broken glasses. Along the way, he encounters a mysterious witch who offers to fix them instantly—on the condition that the wearer must pass the glasses down to their firstborn. Trusting the witch's promise, the prince accepts, and the glasses become a family heirloom, granting magical powers to each generation. Centuries later, the enchanted glasses find their way to the story's narrator, a descendant of the prince and princess. As they discover the glasses’ true powers—offering glimpses into their ancestors’ lives and the ability to sense emotions—the narrator must navigate the weight of this legacy. When an ancient threat emerges, they embark on a journey to uncover the secrets of their family’s past, ultimately facing a choice that will determine the future of their magic and love. Will they embrace the gifts of the past, or break the cycle for a new beginning?