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Pedro Diyego’s Homecoming*Apol Lejano-Massebieau

Keeping Time*FH Batacan

Facester*Dominique Cimafranca

Reclamation*Angelo A. Lacuesta

The Datu’s Daughters*Raymond G. Falgui

The Ascension of Our Lady Boy*Mia Tijam

Peekli*Andrew Drilon

The Hand*Marianne Villanueva

Brigada*Joseph F. Nacino

The Singer’s Man*MRR Arcega

Hamog*Joanna Paula L. Cailas

Visitors*Luis Katigbak

Sidhi*Yvette Natalie U. Tan

The Death and Rebirth of Nathaniel Alan Sempio*Alexander Marcos Osias

In Earthen Vessels*Rodello Santos

Carmen and Josephine*Elyss G. Punsalan

Sky Gypsies*Timothy James M. Dimacali

The Flicker*Ian Rosales Casocot

Urban Legends*Charles Tan

The Music Child*Alfred A. Yuson

Frozen Delight*Marguerite Alcazaren de Leon

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Jan's Door by Cyan Abad-Jugo
The Doppler Effect by Tyron Caliente
Tendresse by Andrew Drilon
Lovelore by Francezca C. Kwe
EmberWild by Nikki Alfar
Walking Backwards by Joseph Nacino
New Wave Days by Angelo R. Lacuesta
The Maiden and the Crocodile by Dean Francis Alfar

The Coward's Quest by Jay Steven Uy Anyong

Room Three by Pauline Orendain
Instructions on How to Disappear by Gabriela Lee

The Pepe Report by Ian Rosales Casocot
In the Arms of Beishu by Vincent Michael Simbulan
An Introduction to the Luminescent by J. Pocholo Martin Goitia

The Family that Eats Soil by Khavn
Regiment by Sean Uy
The Catalogue of the Damned by K. Mandigma

The Life and Death of Hermes Uy by Douglas L. Candano

If you could swap your life for a better one, which would you choose?

On the outskirts of Rainbow Town, there is an old, abandoned house. They say that if you send a letter detailing your misfortunes there, you could receive a ticket. If you bring this ticket to the house on the first day of the rainy season, you'll be granted entrance into the mysterious Rainfall Market—where you can choose to completely change your life.

No one is more surprised than Serin when she receives a ticket. Lonely and with no real prospects for a future, Serin ventures to the market, determined to create a better life for herself.

There, she meets a magical cat companion named Issha and they search through bookstores, perfumeries, and fantastical realms while Serin tries to determine what her perfect life will look like.

The catch? Serin only has one week to find her happiness or be doomed to vanish into the market forever.

And all the while, a shadow follows quietly behind them…