Ang Eleksyon by Ran Manansala
As the Philippines prepares for a turning point, the ancient guardians of the land awaken to cast their own vote. From the slopes of Makiling to the busy streets of the city, the gods are walking among us. Are we worth saving, or is it time for a purge?
Chasing Sunlight by Frances Calceta
“Mori was glowing brightly when we first met. If I had known what that meant, I might have run the other way.”
Growing up across the street from each other in a quiet province subdivision, Rosie and Mori shared everything—from childhood games under the mango tree to late-night study sessions and a steady supply of banana chips. To Rosie, Mori has always been her anchor, her brilliant and sometimes infuriating best friend.
But when they leave the safety of their hometown for the overwhelming, fast-paced world of a prestigious city university, the comfortable rhythm they’ve built begins to shift. Caught in a massive new environment where they must finally grow up, they are forced to confront the fragile lines between the past they cling to and the futures they are trying to build.
Chasing Sunlight is a tender, slow-burn exploration of identity, growing up, and the deep, unyielding gravity of first love.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
• YA Coming-of-age stories
• Short reads
• Soft sci-fi
Between Tides – Anthology
Between Tides is a six-story anthology that explores love beyond romance. In grief, in longing, in the ways people stay with us even after they’re gone. Moving between emotional realism and gentle speculative elements, each story offers a different lens on intimacy, loss, hope, and human connection.
Inside you’ll find:
• Six original short stories by Filipino authors
• Themes of love, memory, grief, longing, and quiet resilience
• A blend of grounded realism and soft speculative fiction
• Lyrical, reflective storytelling meant to be read slowly
For the Dreamers Who Forgot They Were Gods by Mariel Leister
These poems move through sleep, grief, longing, doubt, anger, courage, and awakening. They are intimate, confrontational, tender, and fierce by turns. They ask questions most of us were taught not to ask, about worth, voice, desire, freedom, and the cost of shrinking ourselves to be loved.
This is for readers who are tired of being polite with their own pain. For anyone who has ever felt too much, dreamed too loudly, or buried parts of themselves to stay safe.
This is not comfort poetry. This is reclamation.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
• Introspective, emotional, and spiritual (but not religious) writing
• Poetry about identity, healing, power, and self-trust
• Books that feel like a mirror, a ritual, or a quiet revolution