Short story selected for the 2013 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Plane rides were a rare commodity for Consuelo. An old woman of sixties, she remembers her last being a domestic flight more than five years ago. The weather…
Tag: The Philippines
‘Inocensia’ by Harriet Chan (The Philippines)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology The police investigator shuffled through the papers on his desk. Then he looked at her with kind, but searching eyes. She looked back with a steady gaze. Her…
‘Beyond the Flickers’ by Gil Marvel P. Tabucanon (The Philippines)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology As the plane prepared for the final descent, I could see Hong Kong’s blaze of lights. For a while it seemed the universe had inverted itself and heaped…
‘Death Wish’ by Maria Melissa Obedoza (The Philippines)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology When Emil Rodriguez woke up to find a beautiful woman sitting on the foot of his bed, his initial thought was that, for the first time in the…
‘Nevertheless’ by Imee Cuison (The Philippines)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Marcus and Sabine The room is silent. They sit opposite each other now. Sabine in the soft burgundy chair. Legs crossed. Arms folded. Across the coffee table, Marcus…