Ina Marika Dan Adiknya

“What’s wrong, doctor?” Elena’s worry etched onto her face and various thoughts roamed her mind while her chest tightened and became heavier. “Do you believe in God and miracles?” The doctor’s smile softened his words as he looked at Elena. Elena narrowed her eyes, shaking her head dumbfoundedly. “No, I don’t believe in anything like that.” The loss of her parents had shattered her faith long ago. “Then maybe you should, because a miracle just happened,” the doctor’s grin widened. “What do you mean?” Elena’s confusion mingled with the lump forming in her throat, tears pooling in her eyes. Her chest felt both relieved and heavy with emotion and the bright and shallow ambiance of the lights added to her tension. “You’re not dying anymore,” the doctor announced, his excitement changing the aura in the room.

Istri yang baru kunikahi tak pernah kulihat dandan. Wajahnya kusam dan tidak menarik, wanita pilihan ibuku ini membuatku prustasi lebih mengejutkan dia bisa memgerjakan semua pekerjaan laki-laki. Dia sudah persis Wonder Woman

Menjadi bidan bukanlah cita-citaku. Dalam pikiranku, bidan adalah profesi yang identik dengan wajah judes. Namun saat ini, bidan adalah profesi yang kujalani. Suka duka pekerjaan telah kulalui hingga akhirnya aku jatuh cinta dengan pekerjaan ini, dan tak sadar usiaku sudah seperempat abad. Mama menuntutku segera mencari jodoh sesegera mungkin. Andai saja ada toko yang menyediakannya. Lebih memalukan lagi, beliau meminta pertolongan sahabatku. Menyebalkan buka ? Tapi mau bagaimana lagi? Dengan jam kerja seperti ini, membuatku sulit dan tak sempat mengenal lelaki lebih banyak selain suami pasien. Ough! Hingga akhirnya aku bertemu dia, pria yang pesonanya selalu membuatku terlihat clumsy dan memalukan. Perjalanan cinta dan pekerjaanku sepertinya akan sedikit lebih berwarna dengan latar tempat yang tak melulu Puskesmas. - Mima -

In an East London lock up, two film makers, Jimmy and Sam, are duct taped to chairs and forced to watch a snuff film by Ashkan, a loan shark to whom they owe a lot of money. If they don’t pay up, they’ll be starring in the next one. Before the film reaches its end, Ashkan and all his men are slaughtered by unknown assailants. Only Jimmy and Sam survive the massacre, leaving them with the sole copy of the snuff film. The film makers decide to build their next movie around the brutal film. While auditioning actors, they stumble upon Melissa, an enigmatic actress who seems perfect for the leading role, not least because she’s the spitting image of the snuff film’s main victim. Neither the film, nor Melissa, are entirely what they seem however. Jimmy and Sam find themselves pulled into a paranormal mystery that leads them through the shadowy streets of the city beneath the city and sees them re-enacting an ancient Mesopotamian myth cycle. As they play out the roles of long forgotten gods and goddesses, they’re drawn into the subtle web of a deadly heresy that stretches from the beginnings of civilization to the end of the world as we know it. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Raina tidak pernah menyangka seorang cewek biasa sepertinya malah menyandang status sebagai pacar dari seorang cowok populer di sekolahnya yang bernama Rian. Mungkin orang-orang berpikir Raina adalah cewek paling beruntung di dunia karena bisa menjadi pacar dari Rian. Namun, itu hanyalah pandangan mereka. Justru, menjadi pacar Rian adalah siksaan untuk Raina. Rian tidak pernah memperlakukan Raina dengan baik, layaknya seorang pacar. Malah, Rian memperlakukan Raina seperti budaknya. Makin lama, Raina makin muak dengan sikap Rian. Lalu, akankah Raina tetap bertahan dengan Rian? Atau Raina justru memilih pergi meninggalkan Rian?

Wina Puspita, seorang gadis yang harus berjuang menghidupi dirinya sendiri dan juga keluarganya. Ibunya yang kini menjadi janda, adiknya seorang anak laki-laki berkebutuhan khusus, dan juga kedua keponakannya yang masih balita. Ayahnya meninggal dunia seminggu setelah dirinya lulus SMA. Kakaknya yang sudah bercerai dan meninggalkan kedua anaknya, terpaksa pergi ke Jakarta untuk bekerja di sebuah perusahaan konsultan milik omnya. Namun, siapa sangka, kakaknya diam-diam menikah dan mengaku bujang pada keluarga istrinya yang bernama Laila, sehingga Laila pun tak mau mengakui kedua anaknya. Wina sebenarnya ingin sekali bekerja, tapi keadaan ibunya yang harus merawat tiga orang anak sendirian membuat Wina tak tega. Wina dengan senang hati menerima tawaran Evi, guru tarinya, menjadi penari panggilan untuk mengisi acara. Paras Wina yang cantik, membuat banyak laki-laki yang rela membayarnya untuk menjadikan Wina istrinya. Banyak sekali godaan yang didapat Wina saat menjadi penari. Tapi Wina tetap bertahan, sampai pada akhirnya Wina menyerah. Dia diusir warga karena tuduhan pekerjaannya menjual diri dan tak pantas tinggal di kampungnya. Terpaksa Wina dan ibunya beserta adik dan kedua keponakannya pindah dan tinggal di sebuah kontrakan kecil di kota. Bagaimana nasib Wina selanjutnya? Silakan baca di setiap episodenya.

Aku membenci hujan, sebab ia selalu mengingatkan pada peristiwa menyakitkan. Kedua orang tuaku terbunuh ketika hari berhujan. Bahkan aku ingin menghapus hujan agar tidak pernah muncul dalam namaku. - Rain - Aku selalu jatuh cinta pada hujan. Ia serupa kata. Rintiknya menjelma aku. - Aksara - Dua anak manusia yang saling bertolak belakang, dipertemukan dalam kegiatan kampus. Rajin, gadis imut dan manis sangat membenci hujan yang telah merampas kedua orang tuanya. Sedangkan Aksara, si pemberontak tukang demo, penyuka hujan yang tak pernah diragukan kecintaannya oleh siapa pun. Bagaimana mereka yang saling bertolak belakang, bisa memahami satu lain dan menekan ego mereka demi tugas yang harus diselesaikan?

After five years of marriage, the doctor told me I was pregnant. It was something I had waited for so long. Yet, along with that good news came a nightmare. My medical tests showed that I had cancer, and it had already spread. The doctor gave me less than a month to live. I froze, gripping the report so tightly my knuckles turned white. Tears streamed down my face as I thought about how my unborn child would never get to feel a mother's embrace. My grief was interrupted by the ping of an incoming text message. It was from Mom. [Since you're so selfish and refuse to donate a kidney to save Nattie's life, you should divorce Davon. Let him marry Nattie instead. At least that way, you can fulfill her dying wish.] My tears fell harder. It was not that I refused to donate a kidney to Natalie Rivera, my sister, who was in the final stages of kidney disease. In truth, I only had one kidney left. Five years ago, I had already given one to Dad. Now, with my life counting down to its final days, I decided that I would donate my remaining kidney to Natalie. I would also let my husband, Davon Parker, go with her. Before I went into surgery, my parents praised me for finally being thoughtful, saying I had finally learned to care about my sister. They said that once the surgery was over, the whole family would go on vacation together. Davon even said he was proud that I was no longer selfish and promised he would make it up to me in the future. None of them knew I did not have a future. After the surgery, what would be pushed out of the operating room would be a cold, lifeless body.

In a sleepy town in the outskirts of Massachusetts, a young woman is suspected of murder. When handsome young men begin to disappear and their mutilated bodies discovered, they all had one thing in common: she was the last one who saw them alive. Could the seemingly innocent and beautiful woman be capable of murder? Or do her scarlet lips and seductive gaze know more than they let on?

The letters in "LIFE" are more to what we read meaning to, than they are. These are Nina's words when she steps beyond the boundaries that she thinks she couldn't. "How can I return to my husband's house without being recognized by him?" Well, Discover "The real me" in Nina's Story