Volume 2 Issue 9 : The Anniversary Issue (Fiction)
1st Term 2016-2017
This year, the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies celebrates the fifth anniversary of its revival after a hiatus of four years. To mark the event, the Center is releasing five issues of its peer-reviewed literary journal, Tomás, within the third quarter of the year, one issue for each of the major literary genres (fiction, poetry, nonfiction, drama and literary criticism). Each volume has a different Issue Editor and Managing Editor but all are Resident Fellows of the Center.
General Introduction
This year, the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies celebrates the fifth anniversary of its revival after a hiatus of…
Introduction
In one of the meetings held at the spacious conference room of the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, one…
Field Trip
Joselito D. Delos Reyes
Ngayon ang ikalawang araw ng paghahanap ni Jordan sa gintong bracelet.
Reenactment
Glenn Diaz
Like all media junkets, this one needed patience and inevitably birthed an existential crisis or two.
Isang Maikling Kasaysayan Ng Mga Pagpaslang
Edgar Calabia Samar
TATLO NA ANG NAPAPATAY KO simula nang nahílig ako sa pagbabasa ng nobela.
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
Jose Catapang Crenshaw was born in Angeles City on April 2, 1970 according to the National Statistics Office.
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