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The darkest light—a Christmas tale

The many-colored, Christmas star lantern hanging from their second-floor window was the most beautiful thing that 9-year old Mira Delos Reyes had ever possessed. Mira lived in the most-underdeveloped and most-neglected area in their district, and behind their house was an alley that...
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A basketful of literary food

A long season of drought gripped us and passed by. Before and after the war, local newspapers and magazines carried literary sections, although sometimes irregularly. Martial law clamped down most print and broadcast media, and only the government controlled saw light. Then, little...
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Maalwan, Nilad’s Babaylan (Spirit Medium)

Nilad, the largest city in the archipelago, is famed for its magnificent port where its namesake white flowers bloom everywhere. Large ships from beyond...
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One Little Less

One little less of me — a hand, an awe, a feather falling free. one little much an eye; one too little, still more to be. One too...
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Dial “D” for Desire

I was yet to meet a man like him. He sauntered into the room with a gait that announced, Look! I’m here! And by...
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Something More

BY THIS TIME next year, Teresita could be elsewhere, unmindful of the biting cold. She could see herself walking along a cobblestone path strewn...
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