FICTION

Ortigas Excursions

Marren Adan

Saan na ba ako dinadala ng aking mga paa?

Mumunting Alipato Ang Mga Bituin Sa Langit

Stefani J. Alvarez

Lulan kami sa isang dyip. Nakahiga sa upuan ang aking kapatid. Duguan.

Nang Walang Nakakarinig

George Deoso

Ang sabi mo noon, P’re, madali lang matutuhan ang C scale sa biyulin.

The Walker

Maria Amparo Warren

THE MEMORIES ARE clear, now, of my grandfather, from our time with him in the mountain house in Lalakay.

Tanikalang Bahaghari (Sipi mula sa Isang Nobela)

John Jack G. Wigley

Nobyembre, taong 2009. Lunes, unang araw ng klase. Hinahanap ni Wilfredo Sta. Cruz ang College of Liberal Arts building.

Malagim Ever ang Gabi

Paul Cyrian M. Baltazar

Malalim na ang gabi nang makarating si Charina sa paradahan ng mga motor sa bukana ng Road 48.

Ang 46 na Pinakaayaw na Buhay na Dinanas ni Shiela Ishmael

U Z. Eliserio

Lumaki sina Shiela at Rest sa isang sosyalistang utopia, kung saan wala silang pangangailangan na hindi napupunan, at maaari nilang habulin ang…

Summer at the Barrio

Jose P. Mojica

It was Holy Week and the sun was about to set when my parents and I arrived at the barrio.

The Walk Home

Tristan Joshua A. Acda

The houses along P. Guevara Street lay awash in the sunset’s pale orange glow, creeping over the treetops glistening with drops left…

Mercury Rising

Quintin Jose V. Pastrana

“Babe, my battery’s dying,” he said, as the bride and groom finished dinner and stood up.

Eventide

Quintin Jose V. Pastrana

The window let in some of that magic hour I’d grown accustomed to. “How was your day, my darling?”

Tatlong Proposisyon ng Puting Hangin

Luna Sicat Cleto

Hantong

John Jack G. Wigley

The Monsters (A Novel in Progress)

Augusto Antonio Aguila

Sundays at the Cardozas’

Larissa Mae Suarez

Fruits of Neglect

Kat Del Rosario

Contributors

Reenactment

Glenn Diaz

Like all media junkets, this one needed patience and inevitably birthed an existential crisis or two.

Rice Soldier

Rina Garcia Chua

A soldier never leaves his comrades behind. You, as their commander, must maneuver them to their barracks so that they can retreat…

Economies of Scale

Francis Paolo Quina

Henry was thinking about the way Julie looked last year when she sat across from him and told him it was over.

Better Than Sex

Maria L. M. Fres-Felix

I hate to repeat myself, but my sons are dead wrong. Alma is really good for me.

An Errand

Angelo R. Lacuesta

It was the sense of hearing that came to him first, bringing with it a low, insistent, a drone rising and dipping…

From Chapter 4 of White Lady/Black Christ: A novel-in-progress

Charlson Ong

Jose Catapang Crenshaw was born in Angeles City on April 2, 1970 according to the National Statistics Office.

Mga Alitaptap sa North Avenue

Rijel Reyes

Sinilip ko ang alitaptap sa pagitan ng mga palad.

Excerpt mula sa Diksyonaryo-Gabay sa mga Gawa ni Berry Manansala, mulang “Cabron, Ara” hanggang “Cultext”

U Z. Eliserio

Sa QUEZON CITY ng taong 2666, na pinasadahan ng Katipunan sa Ang Kaharian ng mga Engkantado, natagpuan ni KALI ESCRIBA ang isang…

Pag-ibig sa Panahon ng All-out War

Jack Alvarez

Bayot! Bayot! Bayot!” Naririnig kong panunukso sa akin ng mga kaklase.

Field Trip

Joselito D. Delos Reyes

Ngayon ang ikalawang araw ng paghahanap ni Jordan sa gintong bracelet.

Isang Maikling Kasaysayan Ng Mga Pagpaslang

Edgar Calabia Samar

TATLO NA ANG NAPAPATAY KO simula nang nahílig ako sa pagbabasa ng nobela.

Introduction

In one of the meetings held at the spacious conference room of the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, one…

General Introduction

This year, the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies celebrates the fifth anniversary of its revival after a hiatus of…

Tales from My Lost River

Recah A. Trinidad

Dugo sa Gunita

Cirilo F. Bautista

Derby

Joselito D. Delos Reyes

Bgry. Magapok

Eros S. Atalia

Kapre

Chuckberry J. Pascual

This Old House

Gian Carla Agsibit

The Choice (2)

Joanna G. Parungao

The Choice

Joanna G. Parungao

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