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Boyhood

The Santol Trees bear sweet or sour fruitsWe climb with our little hands and feetWe always scurry towards the treetopsAnd look down the world...

Sludge

Melanie thought she should walk. She didn’t want Mrs. Guzman to see her in a tricycle. It embarrassed her. On FB Messenger, Mrs. Guzman...

LOOK!

Catch the August 2023 issue of the Philippines Graphic Reader! Featuring: SHORT STORIES §  The Scent of Coconuts by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo §  Everything Taken Together Has the Weight...

A Study on Four Artists

I. Van Gogh’s Patch of Flowers Flaming red, they gleam in the sunlight of Arles,The poppies in summer strewn along the paths.The artist shuffles by,...

SAN RUFO

Historical Fiction (based on true events in 1845) POURING river water over his head, Jamil allowed the cool water to flow over his sunburned, half-naked...

Passion of Waterfalls

Let me remember the passionthat propels you to caress the napeof the cliff as you slither towardthe rim of the ridge. And then you execute...

Super Blue Blood Moon

12/30/1982 The moon looked unusually large and orange the night Karla was born, but Conch, her mother, didn’t notice. It’s hard to notice the moon...

Horror Vacui

Joshua looked up at his grandmother’s house. It had been years since he last visited; more than a decade since his family had migrated...

Rainbow’s End

Don’t come runningPanting, gasping, throbbing, weepingOn bended kneesWhen rainbows cease shiningAnd bougainvilleas stop bloomingWhen no pot of gold gleams on the horizonOn the boulevard of...

Simulacrum

Jesus fuck!” I blurted out. I pray my devout Catholic of a Mom and Dad didn’t hear that one but—Christ on a stick—this stupid...