Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler

The “Philippine Speculative Fiction” annual anthology series was launched, essentially, to celebrate the Filipino’s intrinsic détente with the strange—whether comfortable or uncomfortable, handled with matter-of-fact acceptance, reluctant resignation, or unthinking obliviousness—in nurturing a “literature of the fantastic.” In these pages, you’ll find a few of the most exemplary stories we’ve had the privilege of publishing over our first seven—and counting, hopefully—volumes. Within them, you’ll recognize elements of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. So welcome to the “Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler”; I trust you’ll enjoy this taste of what we keep cooking up. As they say in our tourism ads, “it’s more fun in the Philippines.” And as we tend to say, in response to statements of the blindingly obvious, “mismo.”

Contents List:
* L'Aquilone du Estrelllas (The Kite of Stars) by Dean Francis Alfar
* Ashland by Elyss G. Punsalan
* Rogelio Batle and the Curse of the Crimson Court by Alexander Osias
* The Nature of Apocalypse by Joseph Montecillo
* From the Book of Names My Mother Did Not Give Me by Christine V. Lao
* The Secret Origin of Spin-man by Andrew Drilon