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Grandpa’s Secret

I used to think my Grandpa was 100 years old. I had every reason to—his hair was pure white, he walked with a cane, and he moved slowly. Sometimes his hands would shake as he gestured or when he would lift a cup of tea to his lips.

Shadow in the Garden

(Thinking of my daughter on her first death anniversary) It is a recurring thoughtAs lightsCast a shadowOn a familiar bookIn my gardenOn a restlessEarly morning. What if she were alive todayIn the era of the unthinkable? Would she have goneTo the pollsWith me and her sonNow...

A Fight at the Reefs

Gigantes Island, central archipelago.  Summertime. Young Benjamin, on vacation with his kin, is standing by the seaside inhaling the crisp breeze of the easterlies, which blows continuously in the same pitch and speed. Light is breaking on the horizon and is strewn over...

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Joi Barrios’ Sa Aking Pagkadestiyero/In My Exile

Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2021 (with translations in English by various writers) Sa Aking Pagkadestiyero/In My Exile by Joi Barrios rings a bell to the reader who is familiar with the daily news, the injustices, the struggle for freedom and equality....

Philippines Graphic Reader October 2022

Get your copies of the Philippines Graphic Reader edited by multi-awarded writer Marra PL. Lanot OCTOBER’S SHAFT OF LIGHT featuring… SHORT STORIES ·   Red Is the River that Runs by Rey A. Isidto, MD ·   A Fight at the Reefs by Nicias J. Alameda ·   Grandpa’s Secret by Aimee Morales ·   Teddy...

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Gifts from Heaven

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The Desert

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Feed Me

Amanda's heart raced as she navigated through the sea of well-dressed attendees at the charity event. The grandeur of the venue was overshadowed by...

Song

          As I lay alone in bed —                    thinking of nothing...