As I was walking home alone I saw a woman who made no sound My breath was heavy as stone…
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Wak-wak (Cagayan de Oro)
I could feel the cold steel of the knife pressing against my skin. It started at 5:30 pm. The basketball…
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Baua
I dance like clockwork. It happens every year, twice or thrice when my food is gone. Wait. You may ask…
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Tago-Ngirit
Why are you smiling? Think about it. Why is it that when an animal bares its teeth, it always seems…
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The 7 Biraddali Sisters
Everyone thinks the biraddali are myths on earth, we’re just too careful to let ourselves be seen. Except for one…
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The Devil (The Bargainer)
Its eyes were a glistening inferno And its tongue spoke, covered with 30 pieces of silver The smoke choked my…
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Kelita’s Engkanto
She didn’t notice her bleeding feet, or the fact that she had almost been sunburned to a crisp. All she…
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Guimbangun
Sunset fell on the village of Iculengan, and she watched her child, Yadan, play through the last light of the…
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Tarabusaw
The Journey of Sulayman and Indarapatra part 2 The second was Tarabusaw. Nabi crawled from under the tree he was…
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Mariang Makiling
“I want to go up the mountain!” “No, you really don’t.” “You can’t keep treating me like a child!” “I…
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