Kwentong Tambay

From the author of the bestselling "Pink Shoes"

The Hagette

All the single ones are bad, and all the good ones are either gay or taken...

Self-confessed 'Hagette' Cynthia de la Rama seems like the perfect girl: she's tall, thin, pretty, charming and fashionable. So why hasn't she found the right man? Her gay friends think it's a defective gaydar to blame -- most of her exes were in the closet. She's right about ready to give it all up for a life of well-dressed celibacy. That is, until two men enter her life at the same time: the bad boy ex who disappeared without a trace many years ago (and whom she hasn't gotten over).

Visit the PSICOM booth and get books for as low as 20 pesos!

O-ZINE OVERLOAD Magazine Premier Issue

STAY WIDE AWAKE! Do not even for the lightest moment close your eyes. Or you'll get transported to nightmarish worlds of ghosts and ghouls, of mystical trees and haunted apartment buildings, of dilapidated houses and strange venetian blinds and closets. Be very afraid. You'll never know where reality ends and fiction begins. Written once again by Gianna Maniego and her team of ghost writers.

This coming 30th of July, 2006 at Le Pavillon in Metropolitan Park, get ready as we bring you on our second year, the most awaited event of the month: OZINE FEST '06. We will be having Group Cosplay, Karaoke Contest, Naruto Ramen-Eating Contest, Mirmo De Pon Chocolate-Eating Contest, and much more! We will also be conducting an On-the-Spot Art Contest with two categories: an individual art contest and a group competition. Artist Den will also be hosting a comic seminar giving you tips on how to draw.

Watch out for the following amazing anime bands as they entertain your day with their own version of your favorite anime songs:

Paradoxical Review (opening)
Something Something (interval)
NeOtaku (interval)
Do'ahou (closing)

Various school organizations will also be there to promote their own school activities.

The most anticipated part of the event, however, will be the first ever National Cosplay Competition where 99 cosplayers will participate in two stages of competition where they will be judged by their peers as well as a panel of expert judges. 99 will enter this contest, but who will dubbed the winners of the first ever National Cosplay Competition? You'll have to be there to find out! The National Cosplay Competition is brought to you by Otakuzine together with Hero TV and Nihon Kenkyu Kai.

TRUE PHILIPPINE GHOST STORIES Book 17

2 PSICOM BOOKS ARE IN THE BESTSELLERS LIST
Thank you for your support!

NATIONAL BOOKSTORE'S
BESTSELLERS FOR JULY
NON-FICTION
1. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, Updated and Expanded
2. Secrets of the Code
3. The Gnostic Gospels
4. How to Get a Job in the USA Today!
5. The Da Vinci Hoax
6. Del Monte Kitchenomics Cookbook Volume III

7. True Philippine Ghost Stories Book 15
By: Gianna Maniego
Publisher: Psicom Publishing

8. Nutsa Lotsa Games!: Mga Laro sa Nuts Entertainment
By: Wystan Dimalanta
Publisher: Psicom Publishing

9. The 8th Habit from Effectiveness to Greatness
10. The Digital Photography Handbook

Everyone is invited to the launching of PSICOM books by Katrina Atienza, Sarah Matias, Anna Felicia Sanchez, Carljoe Javier, Beverly Siy, Mykel Andrada, Vlad Gonzales, Adam David and many more at the Claro M. Recto Hall, Faculty Center, UP Diliman on July 21, 2006, Friday from 4-7 PM. See you there!

Please come and visit the PSICOM and UP Writers Club Bookfair from July 17-21, 2006 at the UP Faculty Center Lobby. Get A chance to be the first to read PSICOM's latest releases.

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Pinoy Amazing Adventures

What if there were realities existing beyond what we can imagine of our present situation, like tracking a felon through dreams; Mekas guarding the Mariquina river; a telephone service that lets us see the future and change the present? What if Mt Banahaw were really guarding a secret?
Here comes another PSICOM offering sure to give you reading pleasure. This book is speculative fiction, spinning from the present and imagined in the future. Flip through the pages and let us take you to some place called imagination.

Loyola High: Freshman Diaries

Si Lance ang campus heartthrob na nagpapakahusay para sa perpeksiyunistang pamilya. Si Severino ang geek na pilit iniiwasan ang mga kaklaseng bully at walang alam. Si Wendell ang class president na unti-unting tinutuklas ang dahilan ng paglisan ng ama. Si Mayumi, one of the boys na itinatago ang tunay na nararamdaman.
Sila ang mga tauhan sa biyaheng pamilyar sa iyo: sa mga kuwento ng pagbibinata at pagdadalaga: sa mga classmate na may putok o maitim ang batok: mga sipsip o iyakin. Samahan mo sila sa pagtuklas nila sa kanilang sarili, sa kanilang unang danas ng pakikipagkilala, paghanga, pakikipagtalo't pakikipagkaibigan. Ang buhay high school ay isang 'di makakalimutang biyahe. Samahan ang FRESHIES sa kanilang pagsisimula.

City Lights

Fantasies in transit, brief walkthroughs for the contemporary commuter, random reviews of Manileño rooms, portraits and landscapes of urban loneliness and more: memoir, fiction, and reportage collide in a sixteen-car pile-up of short piece urban narratives in the first volume of City Lights: Metro Manila.

NOW Available: DC Superheroes #27

NOW Available: DC Kids #27

True Philippine Ghost Stories Book 16

Book Tiangge at the TIENDESITAS.
The Book Tiangge will run from June 30 till July 2, 2006. Visit our booth and get big, big discounts. Books and Comics as low as 20 Pesos. See you there.

PSICOM Chicklit Books



Odd Girl Out
Half a year after parting from her first real long-term relationship, former heartbreaker Cerisse finds herself ready to begin anew. She moves into a new apartment, starts a new business routine, meets new friends, and seduces a new love. But when her high school and college circle of fashionista friends express their disapproval of the guy, telling her she can do better, she realizes she has to make a decision: will she drop Ethan in favor of her old rep, or will she choose to confront love in all its weirdness?

Pink Shoes

Meet Dina, a bored and perpetually
broke 25-year-old with the fashion
sense of a blind librarian. Shane's a
tall and gorgeous punk rock princess who
masquerades as a bank teller by day.
Emily has it all: closets full of green clothes,
a semi-glamorous job in an advertising agency, and an unfortunate penchant for sticking to the wrong type of man. When the girls find the Holy Grail of bargain shopping - universally flattering pink ballet flats that somehow match each of their personalities - the boost of fashion confidence proves to be just the right kick to start a chain reaction of change in their lives.

Dina discovers "The Church of Miniskirt". Shane tries to reclaim past fame and a hunky new guy. Emily tries to give sane relationships a shot. Through it all, the girls discover that the right dose of change just might lead to more than they bargained for.

Gal On The Go
One of the most sought-after events organizers on this side of the map, Belle de la Fuente is always on the run to host a party or attend a meeting or pacify her friend Vanessa, Jessica Simpson's Filipina counterpart. Despite all the stress her job gives her, she is addicted to the rush, and somehow, this makes her feel complete.

Then her best friend Gino comes back from the States after four long years. Suddenly, something inside of her stirs and makes her wonder: could it be possible that she may not really know what she's missing? Or worse, that she already missed?

Pinoy Tales Of Terror Book 8



ANIM NA KWENTO NG KATATAKUTAN

MONSTROSITY IS IN THE HEART
Bago magpakasal, ipinagtapat ni Vince kay Marife na meron siyang dugong malakat, isang uri ng binata.aswang na nanggaling sa Visayas. Nasalinan siya ng dugong malakat para mailigtas ang buhay nang minsang maaksidente. Nakipaghiwalay sa kanya si Marife dahil do'n at nagpakasal sa dating manliligaw na si Rex. Akala ni Marife makakatakas na siya, ngunit sa kanyang pagtakas, doon niya matutuklasan kung sino ang tunay na halimaw.

BLIND LOVE
Bulag ang pag-ibig ni Mylene kaya kahit maraming kapintasan ay na-in love pa rin siya kay Glenn. Ngunit, kung kelan naman siya namulat saka naman naging huli ang lahat.

ABORTION
Gustong ipalaglag ni Troi ang ipinagbubuntis ng kasintahang si Bea. Sa pagnanais na makatakas sa kanyang responsibilidad nagpaikot-ikot siya sa pagmamaneho hanggang sa makarating siya sa bahay ng kaibigang matagal nang 'di nakita. Doon niya matututunan ang isang importanteng aral at matutuklasan ang lihim na hindi inaasahan.

ETERNAL YOUTH
Guwapo at habulin ng babae, gusto ni Jake na manatiling bata habambuhay. Niligawan at pinaibig niya si Mariz, isang napakagandang babaeng mahigit apat na raang taon nang nabubuhay sa isang liblib na bayan para malaman ang sikreto sa hindi nito pagtanda. Ngunit, hindi lang iyon ang kanyang nakuha at natuklasan.

SPIDER WOMAN
Galit sa mga lalaki si Liezl, isang dalagang nagpapalit ng anyo bilang taong gagamba na naghahasik ng lagim at pumapatay ng mga kalalakihan. Walang makapatay sa kanya dahil nahuhumaling sa kanyang kagandahan ang sinumang magtangkang patayin siya. Isinumpa niyang uubusin ang lahat ng lalaki sa mundo, hanggang sa makilala niya ang isang binata.

GHOST ATTACK
Hanggang kelan magbibingi-bingihan si Roelle
sa palahaw ng mga multo sa kanilang bahay?
Hanggang kelan niya titiisin ang mga pasakit at paghihirap bago tuluyang maniwala?

OTAKU MANGAZINE Premiere Issue

You Can Draw Manga Vol. 1-12
Wanna know how the masters do it? Wanna learn from the best? You can! Manga maestros Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, and Rod Espinosa show you how *You Can!* master the manga style with easy-to-follow, step-by-step lessons, tips, and techniques! Yes! You can draw manga, the hottest art style in the universe!

DC Superheroes #26

DC KIDS #26

PSICOM in cooperation with GMA 7 recently launched its NUTSA LOTSA GAMES book based on the games seen on the show Nuts Entertainments. Book signing activities with the show's mainstays were held at the National Bookstore branch at Quezon Avenue.

Two of our books landed on the Top 10 Bestselling Books of National Bookstore for the Month of June. How To Draw Manga The Next Generation Book 1 and the consistent bestselling series True Philippine Ghost Stories Book 15. Thank you for your continued support. Maraming Salamat po!

NUTSA LOTSA GAMES! Mga Laro Sa NUTS Entertaiment

Pinoy Tales Of Terror Book 7

Limang Kwento Ng Katatakutan

THE GHOST NEXT DOOR
Tulad ni Angeli, nabigo rin si Marc Leo sa pag-ibig. Naging malapit siya rito subalit laking pagkabigla niya nang madiskubreng dalawang taon nang patay ang lalaking naging kaibigan niya. Ano nga ba ang layunin ng multo ni Marc Leo sa pakikipagkaibigan nito sa kanya?

MOTHER'S DAY
Walang nakakaalam na nagawang ipapatay ni Andrew ang sariling ina alang-alang sa babaeng pinakamamahal na si Mariela. Magagawa kayang paghigantihan ng ina ang kanyang anak? O mananatili na lamang bang lihim ang lahat?


THE CURSED KNIFE
Ninakaw ng pilyong si Nathaniel ang isang lumang kutsilyo mula sa isang museo. Natuklasan niyang may kapangyarihan itong lumipad at magpaikot-ikot kapag inutusan. Ngunit, paano kung dumating ang araw na matuklasan niyang ang tunay na kapangyarihan nito ay ang pumatay?


THE BEACH GHOST
Nawawalan na ng parokyano ang Precious Jewel Beach Resort dahil sa balitang pagpapakita ng isang multo sa dagat. Galit na galit ang may-aring si Alota kaya hinamon niya ang multo na makipagtuos sa kanya. Sino nga ba ang magwawagi sa dalawa, lalo kung ang multo ay ang sariling anak niya?


ANGEL OF DEATH
Bumalik si Menandro mula Amerika para manggamot sa pamamagitan ng pranic healing. Ngunit, ang lahat ng napapagaling niya ay misteryoso at isa-isa ring namamatay.
Paano kung ikaw naman ang nagkasakit? Paano ka nga ba makakatakas sa mapanlinlang na kapangyarihan ng taong iyong pinagkatiwalaan?

Visit the PSICOM booth at the 5th Philippine Toy Convention at SM Megamall on June 17-18, 2006 and get big, big discounts on all PSICOM Products including DC Kids, DC Superheroes, Otakuzine Anime Magazine, Otakuzine Mangazine, How To Draw Manga The Next Generation, You Can Draw Manga, How To Draw Manga The Ozine Way and many more!

Otakuzine Issue #6 Alternate Cover

Otakuzine Issue #6

Stupid Love 4

Otakuzine Anime Magazine Issue 5

Stupid Love 3

DC Superheroes #23
DC Kids and DC Superheroes back issues are available at selected BMP magazine stores, Filbar's and inside SM Toy Kingdom.
Complete back issues are available at AESOP's with branches at 4th flr Robinson's MetroEast (nr Max's) and at the Sta. Lucia East Grandmall theater lobby.

DC KIDS #23

Wag Kukurap, True Philippine Ghost Stories, Haunted Philippines Book Launch
Feb 11, 2006
National Bookstore Glorietta Branch
click here for more pictures.

'WAG KUKURAP - True Philippine Ghost Stories Special Edition

True Philippine Ghost Stories Book 15

Haunted Philippines 6
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