Volume 3 Issue 3

2020 – 2021

ANG PAG-AKDA SA PANAHONG ITO

Joselito D. Delos Reyes

Hindi panahon lamang ng Netflix at KPop, hindi panahon lamang ng halalan, lalong hindi panahon lamang…

THE ELECTRIC MISDIRECTION OF LETTING DEITIES DREAM

Rysa Antonio

All you can perceive are mirrors. Not the reflective, translucent sort. The one-way kind—plastic and thin and scratchy…

LIGAYA

Immanuel Canicosa

Ligaya couldn’t tell where the voices were coming from. At least, not exactly. And the blindfold …

THREE DARK TALES

George Deoso

The church which stood in a far and poor countryside was built in the 1600s. “Some years after the Spaniards came,”…

THE RISK OF LOVING

Buona Raya Vilar

“It must be soooo great to be your friend,” my husband says,
entering our bedroom and handing me a long brown envelope…

LITTLE HUNGER // DONDOYAKI AND OTHER POEMS

Raphael Coronel

Anything worth keeping can burn …

VESSELS AND OTHER POEMS

Rodrigo V. Dela Peña, Jr.

The first boat was a frame of sticks lashed together thousands of years ago, something …

BABEUF AND OTHER POEMS

Paolo Manalo

Not the first time to get his heart broken. This way, or that the relationship ended ..

ON COLLECTIONS AND ADDICTIONS

Augusto Antonio A. Aguila

I have a confession to make. I am an addict and I am not ashamed of it. I admit…

BUILDING A BRIDGE BETWEEN “HARD LITERATURE” AND “POP FICTION”

Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo

Like most Filipino writers whom I know, I got my start as a writer in the campus …

AND THAT’S A WRAP, FOR THE DECADE THAT WAS

Alfred A. Yuson

We should realize that we’re not only saying goodbye (with a gasp of relief but not without continuing concern…

ADVENT MEDITATION: ON SMALL THINGS

Rev. Fr. Angel Aparicio, O.P

The Wounded Healer. (This title is borrowed from the book by Henri J.M. Nouwen, “The Wounded Healer,” originally published by…

TIDAL CREATURES

Jenka Eusebio

It is eighteen years before diagnosis, and the words I do not yet know have begun to unspool flesh…

DESPERATELY SEEKING CLARITY IN THE TIME OF COVID

Howie G. Severino

“You’re patient 2828!” I occasionally hear this outburst of recognition when strangers can’t quite remember my …

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

Jose Victor Torres

Note: This play is based on the short story “Christmas Lights” by Jhoanna Lynn Cruz…

RECONSTRUCTING AN UNREMEMBERED WAR

Jaime An Lim

Gina Apostol’s latest novel Insurrecto (2018) is a piece of metafiction. It emphasizes “its own…

ANG MANGHUHULA

Nonon Villaluz Carandang

Hapon ng Huwebes, makulimlim ang langit. Maalinsangan ang karaniwang araw ng mga tindera ng prutas, kakananin …

WALANG MABANAAG

Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles 

Inaasam ko ang pagbalik ng mga kagang.  Ang mga uwak na dalawang semana …

MULI, ISANG EBANGHELYO NG APOY

Ralph Fonte

Ikaw na nagbinyag sa akin, maaalaala mo pa ba  kung sino ako ngayong ako’y naglaho na  sa landas ng niyebe…

PARALLAX

Mirick Paala

Hindi madaling kalimutan ang pangalan ng matandang makakasalubong sa daan. Hindi mauulit ang…

LAYOVER

Karl Isaac Santos

“I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we’re talking about…

TATAY KO SI BOYET

Christopher Bryan Concha

Walang duda. Si Boyet nga ang tunay kong ama.  Sa kaniyang makakapal na kilay, matangos na ilong,…

IN GAME

Gerome Nicolas dela Peña

Isang mainit na hapon ng 2010, bumungad sa akin ang pamilyar na ngiti ni Christine. Kaklase ko siya noon pang first…

SUPALPAL: KONTRIBUSYON SA TRADISYON NG PAGSUSULAT SA PILIPINAS

U Eliserio

Ang papel na ito ay pagmumuni-muni sa pagsusulat. Una, maglalatag ng pilosopiyang…

ALIBADBAD NG ALÁLA, ALALÁ AT ALAALA: ISANG PAGNINILAY SA KAISIPAN AT PANITIKAN NG “NAUSEA” NI JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Juan Miguel Quizon

Sa tuwing nagkakaroon ako ng lakas ng loob na tangkaing sumulat ng tula…

KRITISISMO BÍLANG PAGNINILAY

Louie Jon A. Sánchez

Marahil, kahit pahapyaw, mabuting magsimula ngayon sa konteksto bago pumalaot sa talakay…

TSER

Maynard Manansala

Huling araw na ni Teacher Rose, o Tser, sa bakwit iskul, sa Maragusan. Hindi ito…

TUBIG AT PAG-IBIG: REBYU NG KUNG PAANO HINIHINTAY ANG DAPITHAPON NI CARLO ENCISO CATU

Paul Alcoseba Castillo

Nasa maingat na paghawak sa bisyon ng kuwento nakasalalay ang bisa ng pagpapahiwatig…

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