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THE LAST KAPRE

The light of the gas lamp flickered, dancing with the light breeze, whispering in the boy’s ear who watched the stars by the open window. Beneath the dancing starlight, his mind became a theater full of colorful characters frolicking in a play of delightful...

The Sweet Odor of Love

There was once a kingdom in the south that was ruled by a very powerful but ancient and very ugly Datu Baro-Mai. He remained unmarried until his old age as he did not have time to find a suitable wife. He had sixteen loyal advisers...

Damages

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtBranch 17Davao City Ms. Diana Lynn Balagtas, PlaintiffAccompanied by her Attorney-in-Fact Civil Case No. 6282014for: Damages vs. Ms. M , Defendantx-----x COMPLAINT 1. COMES NOW, the plaintiff together with the undersigned counsel to this most honorable court, MOST RESPECTFULLY STATING THAT: 2. The Plaintiff is...

The Shaman’s Wall

It was late in the afternoon when a knock on the door echoed throughout the abandoned tower. Cobwebs shivered, and dust fell off. I scrambled to my feet and listened, breathing hard. It went on three times before it stopped. I listened again....

The Animals at Fredirick’s House

Fredirick is a lonely boy who always stays inside his home. He does not like hugs and kisses from his mom. “Yuck,” he says when given one. He also doesn’t like to go out with his dad. “Nope,” he says when his father asks. Dad...

Time in a Shell

They say that when you put your ear next to a seashell, you can hear the ocean. That you can hear the waves crashing on the sand, the ripples on the sea’s face lapping against each other like conscientious neighbors, and above the...

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The Nature of the Beast

THE MOTORIZED BOAT DELIVERED AN ear-splitting growl, then a moan, and we were aground — the steer man, his co-pilot, and I — in...

Stranger

You had been here You had come wading to shore Wearing a raiment of corals and sea grass And flotsam surrendered by the sea You had been in...

GUERILLA DOWNPOUR

There is no warning— the sky, a sudden insurgent, opens with                     guerrilla downpour. Torrential rain, an unrelenting witness, assaults the fragile spines of trees and the quiet bones of houses. Water...

When the Heart Knows

Charito's pace slowed as she neared Barbara's, the renowned restaurant in Intramuros that is next to the centuries-old San Agustin Church. The cobblestone streets...