Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 7

A heartbroken youth discovers the first woman, Maganda, in a garden. The youngest, most beautiful of ten siblings gets sold as a bride to a Tiq’Barang. A segment of the Filipino population suddenly transform to look like American celebrities. The Philippine Speculative Fiction series are anthologies that showcase the rich variety of Philippine literature: between these covers you will find magic realism next to science fiction, traditional fantasy beside slipstream, and imaginary worlds rubbing shoulders with alternate Philippine history—demonstrating that the literature of the fantastic is alive and well in the Philippines.

Stories from this series have been included in the Honorable Mentions list from The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror edited by Ellen Datlow and Kelly Link & Gavin Grant.

This volume includes:

All the Best of Dark and Bright by Victoria Isabel Yap

The Scrap Collectors by Arlynn Despi

East of the Sun by Dean Alfar

The Changes by Benito Vergara

Never Land by Mo Francisco

Chasers by Chris Mariano

The Call of the Chained God by Dariel Quiogue

Oblation by Paolo Chikiamco

The Love Spell by Edmond Julian dela Cerna

Sarsarita Time by Melissa Sipin

The Dragon's Orb by Vincent Simbulan

All That We May See by Kenneth Yu

Faith in Fiction by James Constantino Bautista

The Day Nostalgia Swept Over a Town by F. Jordan Carnice

What You See by Ian Casocot

Pet by Kristine Ong Muslim

The Little Things the Datu Did by Andrew Drilon

The Commute to Paradiso by Charles Tan

What the Body Remembers by Tin Lao

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The Likeness of God by Crystal Koo

The Nature of Apocalypse by Joseph Montecillo

Bastard Sword by Nikki Alfar

Mother of Monsters by Philip Corpuz