DOWN UNDER DOWN
Bias Sastra
"Aku masih menjaga kamu dalam pikiranku AUSTRALIA."
Haidar bangun dari tempat tidur. Mengusap wajah dan memandangi dinding kamarnya. Di sana ada brosur pendaftaran magister salah satu universitas di Australia. Sekolah yang menjadi impiannya saat ini.
Namun semua itu tidaklah mudah untuk di wujudkan, bertahun-tahun ia dan ibunya berpindah-pindah rumah demi menutupi jati diri mereka. Tinggal di rumah yang reot serta makan dari hasil belas kasihan orang.
Semua pekerjaan dilakukan ibunya agar dia bisa sekolah seperti anak-anak Aceh pada umumnya.
"Kau anak seorang pejuang. Kakekmu juga seorang pejuang. Jangan ada air mata untuk setiap masalah yang kau hadapi."
Kalimat itu yang diulang-ulang ibunya setiap kali Haidar menangis karena ejekan teman sekolah.
Terpaan ibunya tiap hari membuat keteguhan hati Haidar menjadi sekuat batu. Sama seperti namanya, Ibnu Haidar. Nama ini dalam bahasa Arab artinya, si Anak Batu.
Spiraling Down
Peach Moonshine
The night before the company went public, my wife told me she had a surprise for me and reminded me to dress up for the occasion.
I thought she was planning to reveal our secret relationship, and I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep all night.
However, the next day, in front of everyone, she announced that I was a creepy obsessive admirer. On top of that, she revoked my promotion and gave my position to her first love who had just returned to the country.
Everyone was waiting to see me humiliated.
I froze for a moment but quickly composed myself, walking up to her first love with a faint smile. Then, I took off the badge on my chest and placed it on him.
“As the new director, you should celebrate, shouldn't you? How about a wedding? I’ll officiate for you two.”
Glaring at me coldly, my wife told me to get lost and stop embarrassing myself.
What they didn’t know was that I was the key connection holding the entire company together. If I left, none of the investors would back them anymore.
Stockholm Syndrome: His Prisoner
While he searches for justice for the death of his sister, Alejandro, the son of Lorenzo Amato, the head of the Amato mafia clan stumbles upon Arianna, a clueless girl who has no idea what kind of world her parents lived in before their sudden death. Driven by her hunger for revenge when she realises her parents death was not an accident, she uncovers truths that put her in danger, the same that cost her parents their lives. Alejandro hasn’t given up on his pursuit for justice either but is forced to confront budding feelings for his enemy. However, what happens when Arianna’s revenge seems to point her in the direction of Alejandro? Will she be willing to do what it takes or will the heart want what it wants?
DOWN MEMORY LANE
Otteewrights
Meghan is happily married to the man of her dreams. Shortly after he gets deployed and never returns. Meghan finds love again after waiting so long for her first love. But her world turns upside down when he gets back. She's plunged into a life of confusion and dilemma.
Dusk Till Down
eveawonyu
Rich privilege is real. I just got dumped after two months of dating. The reason is I'm not rich. My ex said, "Grace gives me everything I want. You're just an ordinary girl."
Instead of crying ugly, I'll shine to the highest level until their necks hurt from looking down.
However, my path up the level ladder wasn't as smooth as a child's romance. I must work hard under a boss who drives me crazy every day.
He's too crazy. Even the blind date was my decision, he was the one who decided to be my partner.
Nail It Down
My husband and mother-in-law fell off the cliff in my past life. I was pregnant and fell into a coma. I could not take the blow and had a miscarriage. A few days later, the neighbors informed me that my child could not be saved and urged me to see him for the last time. The corpses of my husband and mother-in-law were nowhere to be found. A year later, our house was demolished. However, I accidentally consumed paraquat. I saw my husband and my mother-in-law when I was dying.
"Finally, we got rid of you. My grandson and my daughter-in-law can finally marry."
Next to my mother-in-law was Jessie Charles, the girl next door, and a little boy.
ALTER EGO (Multiple Personality Syndrome)
"Andai aku bisa meminta. Aku lebih memilih untuk tidak dilahirkan saja ke dunia ini!"
Sepenggal kalimat di atas cukup mewakili hati dan fikiran seoran gadis cantik bernama Kiranna Addifa sebagai bentuk protes dirinya terhadap kehidupan.
Kiranna seorang gadis berusia 21 tahun yang memiliki trauma masa lalu akibat kerap mendapat siksaan fisik dan psikis terutama dari sang ayah. Bahkan sang ayah yang tengah mabuk tega hendak menjamah Kiranna meskipun gagal karena diselamatkan adiknya yang bernama Tiana.
Beruntung Kiranna memiliki seorang kekasih yang penyabar dan selalu membantu Kiranna untuk bisa mengendalikan emosinya.
Dia adalah Shirojuddin Al-Abas. Seorang pemuda jenius yang memiliki basic ilmu agama yang sangat baik.
Kepribadian ganda yang diidap Kiranna akan muncul ketika dirinya tertekan, sedih atau terkejut.
Namun mereka harus terpisah karena Shiroj mendapat beasiswa kuliah ke timur tengah.
Bagaimana perjalanan Kiranna selama dia berpisah dari sang kekasih?
Mampukah Kiranna mengendalikan ALTER EGO-nya?
Akankah Kiranna bisa bersatu dengan Shiroj ketika Shiroj kembali ke tanah air?
Ikuti kisahnya hanya di ALTER EGO (Multyple Personality Syndrome) by Alana_4444
Burning It All Down
During my wedding, hundreds of photos of me being sullied flutter down from the top of the church, landing before the guests below.
My fiancé instantly calls off our engagement and turns to kiss my sister.
Devastation washes over me. Just then, my childhood friend Derek Church, the Capo of the Church family, the East Coast's most powerful mafia family, pulls me into his arms.
He kicks the church's door open and presses a check worth a million dollars into my father's hands. He pulls me to the priest and has him announce that we are husband and wife.
I'm so touched that I agree to marry him. From then on, I become the Capo's wife.
Two years later, Derek and I finally conceive through IVF. I want to share the exciting news with him when I overhear his conversation with his subordinate.
"Lilyanne is afraid of pain and becoming ugly, so we can use Nicole to give birth to her child. Once she produces an heir for the Morse family, her position will be solidified. Then, the Morse family will become the Church family's MadeMan."
"As expected of you, boss. You knew the Morse family is full of politicians who would never accept a sullied woman into the family. The only way for Lilyanne to marry into the family was by having Nicole sullied."
My blood runs cold when I hear this, and the pregnancy report in my hand feels unbelievably heavy.
The man I thought was my salvation was actually the devil who pulled me into the abyss.
I dry my tears and call the Capo of the West Coast's mafia family, Derek's nemesis. "I have a way to help you become the mafia Capo dei capi. Do you want to work with me?"
Expert Down The Mountain
To repay his master’s kindness, Cyrus was forced to get married. But to his surprise, his wife is a beautiful female CEO, and she offered him thirty million dollars as a wedding gift…
LDR (Lock Down Romance)
Mary Ann “Maan” Perez resigned from her work as an office secretary in their province to apply as a Customer Service Representative (call center agent) in Manila. After receiving a message from her prospective employer for a scheduled interview, she decided to contact her cousin to tell her to fetch her at the bus terminal in Manila for she will be staying with them for a week. Unfortunately while on her way to Manila, her cousin Joan, had an emergency to attend to and would not be able to fetch her. Instead Joan’s cousin from her mother's side of the family came to fetch Maan. Virgil ‘Gil” Velasco (Joan’s cousin) who lives in his own apartment brought Maan to his house with an agreement that Joan will be fetching Maan that day. Later that day, Joan called to inform them that she could not fetch Maan because her mother is suspected to have contracted COVID-19 and needs to be under observation for at least 14 days and if it wasn’t bad news enough, an announcement was made that night that the government decided to put National Capital Region (NCR) and the entire Luzon under lock down. Going in and out of the area is prohibited for 1 month!Locked in together for a month, will they catch the virus called love and start a romance or will it end when the lock down ends?
Down the Rabbit Hole
Cielo Yap
History repeats itself in many ways. Maybe for the family, the love, or even for yourself. Would you be willing to go back to the past to be able to change the history? Sacrifice yourself and change the fate of those who are in the present and in the future.
Like Lia, living in a modern world, who is very contented in her life despite being adopted and having a risky relationship in the meantime that can end her in many ways. And that is why, some things, some pasts are better kept hidden and not known. Would she go back to where history started and change it for the better?
Then Lia stays in the past, stuck on her own fate. Will it be the further destruction, or the salvation of her history?
Deep Down Your Black Heart
Royniel Aning
In the shattered remains of a divided world, Rivermirror stands as a city of shadows—ruled by chaos, secrets, and ruthless ambition. Among its broken streets and hidden corners, two lives converge: Hound, a mercenary cursed by visions of fractured futures, and Argent, a deadly assassin whose silver-braided hair slices through enemies as easily as her carefully crafted lies. Bound by a soul brand, their uneasy alliance thrusts them into a heist that ignites a chain of betrayal, war, and unimaginable consequences.
When a daring raid on River's military vault unearths a dark attribute symbiote and a mysterious core relay, the balance of power between two fractured nations is forever altered. As commanders plot revenge, and Rivermirror’s elites spin their webs of deceit, Hound and Argent must navigate a labyrinth of loyalty, survival, and ambition.
But trust is a luxury in a city where betrayal is currency, and every choice pushes them closer to a future neither can fully control. With the line between villain and hero blurred, how far will they go to escape their fates? And what price are they willing to pay to survive in a world where hope is as fleeting as shadows?
Dark, gripping, and unapologetically raw, Deep Down Your Black Heart is a dystopian fantasy that delves into the depths of ambition, morality, and the haunting weight of choices.
Target Down - The Ghost Assassin
Abby
Skylar a young teen who has grown up without her father receives a package from him and finds herself being dragged into his world of assassins in order to get revenge on the people who took him away from her. Her journey of revenge brings her to the doorstep of the Takhon twins, who both fall head over heels for her, not knowing who she is. The twins set out to uncover who their new love interest really is and find out that even their world as Yakuza son's is mild compared to the twisted life of Skylars. Skylars fathers best friend finds out about her and is tasked with her assassination. She turns to the only people she knows she can trust and they are the Takhon twins. In doing so, will she fall just as madly in love with them as they are with her? Will they manage to save her from the inticate web of deceit that she has found herself in? And if they do, will they be able to keep her safe, after all she is daddy's girl and stubbornness runs in her genes.
Poisonous Love (Serial Killer/Stockholm Syndrome Romance)
LA, Land of Sunshine... Celebrities, Stardom ... and Serial Killers.
Two twin sisters, struggling to get by in a world that reared its cruel ugly head when their older sibling was ripped away from them, without a trace, are suddenly thrown into a dangerous world when they come face to face with a gang of men who are single-handedly responsible for death and disappearance of hundreds of women across the United States of America.
Now it's time for Ella and Peyton to face down the demons that roam the City of Angels, but, in the end, will they survive?
Take Me Down, Professor
Jothea Alvandra doesn't like the new sub-professor who is in charge of their math subject, calculus. Well, she wasn't interested in the subject itself in the first place.
She always came late and ruined everything for Professor Ismael Mondalla, but little did she know what would happen after they came up with a ridiculous agreement, which would lead to a hugely chaotic life for them both.
"What does love mean? I'll make you feel it the second time you attempt to slap me again."
Mysterical High: Run Down Persists
A teenager who spent most of her time loving her favorite cousin and the family. Through an unexpected circumstances, she will encounter a path that would contemplate her life choices. Maxine Blaire Fortezz knew that she was committed to any adventures that comes her way. Despite the chaos and protests she will encounter, someone will save the day or might make it worst. Austin Jay Gregory is a little bit clumsy to be the perfect guy. As they strive to finish the hunt there will be a lot of challenges that might be a hindrance for them to survive. What does it take to win?
Reborn to Take Down a Liar
The daughter of our housekeeper was pretending to be a rich girl at college, handing out my designer stuff just to keep up the act.
When I called her out, she actually had the nerve to say she was "redistributing wealth to help the less fortunate."
I called the cops, but then she spread this wild rumor that I made her sleep with me for three years, and that she was using my luxury items to help me "atone for my sin."
Then she and her boyfriend teamed up to try and have me killed.
Next thing I know, I woke up and it was the exact same day she started her whole rich-girl act.
Seven Floors Down, Seven Years Back
I jump off the seventh floor on my wedding day. Why? Because everyone has abandoned me to pick up a fake heiress from the airport, my fiancé included.
I expect to see them riddled with heartbreak and regret after my death. However, my father merely shakes his head stoically and looks at my body while saying I was too willful. My mother bites her lip and sighs in relief.
My fiancé, Magnus Gilmore, shields the fake heiress. He's afraid she'll see the horrible state of my body.
The fake heiress is scared to tears at this, and everyone crowds around her to console her.
No one cares whether I'm still breathing while lying in a pool of blood.
I'm stunned when I see this, but I soon laugh self-deprecatingly.
When I open my eyes again, I've been brought back seven years in the past. It's the day I've just stepped foot at home.
MR. CEO is down for Trouble
Arazella Snow
He is a 24 year old heir to his father's company.
She is a 28 year old lady, fired from her last job for burning the CEO with hot tea.
A fiery one she is, not until she meets a man, who is just intent on breaking her.
Fake London bridge is falling down
A pedophilic catholic therapist, a sucidal little satanist, the ghost of a girl who needs to be avenged, an abominable catholic priest... Life is an endless circle, but Adulf Cain thinks he's found the sense of life once lost... The life that Adam lost forever in paradise. but in this new garden, the dice is rolled by two portals, they are waring... One for, the other against the birth of a child that might be the only prediction humanity needs for doom... And she is a young woman. God's messenger mustn't spare her... But now he's drawn even to fall in love .