Boringkantada – Bicol Tabaco Translation
*Note this story is in Bicol Tabaco Burubanggi niyang nadadangong ang kanta sa kataning na istaran (apartment). Bako pirming pararehas ang kanta. Minsan mamundo, pero kanta kang pagkamoot. Minsan man,…
Magindara – Cuyonon Translation
*Note this story is in Cuyonon Ingsasampok i’ ang daloyon ang olo ‘ang manigpangisda. Agakapaykapay tana apang indi enged agpadaeg ang bagio kanana. Rinibo-ribo ang orang agararamatak sa kadagatan nga…
Babaylan – Cuyonon Translation
*Note this story is in Cuyonon “Ingaadlekan ako.” “Ayaw ikaadlek, bata. Ang bet i’ ang mga diwata maman ang matotoman.” “Anono ang matatabo kanaken?” “Magapakon kitang darwa sa pono ‘ang…
The Faeries of Niza
It was the last evening of the year and the rain still wouldn’t leave Danica alone. The sound of her chattering teeth joined the raindrops in a melancholy symphony. She…
Mandarangkal
The heat is tantalizing. Her breath slowly moves down his neck as she kisses him. It is a game that has been played since time immemorial, a story of a…
Litao
Again, she is late and again, her husband sighs. The small man curses in the wind. He breathes in the cool river air and sighs for the third time. The…
Boringkantada
Every night he hears the songs from the apartment beside him. They’re not all the same, some nights it’s a quiet melody, almost like a love song. Other nights it’s…
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…
Tuwan Putli’
“Mama, tell me a story. I can’t sleep.” “Alright, let me take you to bed now, child. Have I ever told you the story of Sitti Maryam’s* angels?” “Not yet,…
Babaylan
“I’m scared.” “You don’t need to be, child. The spirits will do as they will.” “What will happen to me?” “We will both go to the Balete tree and I…