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A Ghost Story by Francezca C. Kwe The house was largely haunted by a woman in white who appeared frequently on the staircase, pale hand on the wooden balustrade, with a terrible look of hunger. What was horrifying about her expression was not the bloodless skin, vein-webbed and tinged with ...
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Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler
philippinespeculativefiction.com — Home Staff Contact Us About cover Table of Contents Introduction by Charles Tan Six from Downtown by... Dean Francis Alfar The Singer's Man by M. R. R. Arcega Keeping Time by FH Batacan Dreaming Valhalla by Douglas Candano The Sugilanon of Epefania's ... (more) Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler
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philippinespeculativefiction.com — The Singer's Man by M. R. R. Arcega This song is one I have never sung. This... song, I sing from my heart. I was the Singer's man. In my youth I was known as Derezn. That name signified nothing, was nothing, until the Singer came to our tribe. She was a ... (more) Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler
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philippinespeculativefiction.com — Six from Downtown by Dean Francis Alfar The Wet Market A WEEK AFTER I arrived in the... city, I spent a day at the wet market, negotiating my way down the slippery floors and taking pictures. I was soon lost in the brilliant rainbow of fresh seafood, ... (more) Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler
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