Mangangamod
“The moon is full The moon is bright The time is now To feed my spite” Aileen coughed. She grabbed another pill from her bedside and swallowed it without any…
Magindara
“They will save me.” The waves crash over the fisherman’s head. He tries to tread water but the storm will not let up. Thousands upon millions of raindrops batter the…
Magtitima
Negotiations are never easy, but eventually you see patterns in the way the bargains are done. I learned this from a savvy dwende I met a few years ago while…
The Devil (The Handsome Stranger)
“You don’t know him like I do!” “Please, spare me the cliché lines. You’re the one that doesn’t know what she’s doing. Do you know anything about this guy? Who…
Tiyanak (Kapampangan)
Let me tell you what it’s like to get lost in these woods. First, you think that you just took a wrong turn. The trees still seem familiar and you…
Balbal
“Can you check under my bed?” Jess’ voice was weak from the treatments. It had been her routine every night since we moved to the hospital, she was convinced there…
Buso
All it knows is blood. Manib looked at the valley littered with the bodies of his warriors. Too many bagani had succumbed to the battle with the beast and he…
Kamanan Daplak
I met Mita two weeks ago. I would always take the same route going home, walking from the MRT station, but that day I decided that I might as well…
Binangenang
FIREDEATHTERRORFIREFIREFIRE The horse screams in the air. It knows what’s coming but his rider is oblivious. The rider tries to calm his beast down but it doesn’t work. The horse…
Nuno sa Punso
–TOK –TOK– TOK– Lana smiled. She knew that the sound meant that she would be getting another present. It had only been a week since the last box and she…