freesciencefantasy.blogspot.com - 11/18/2008
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E-Fiction Charles Tan and Mia Tijam have "a very interesting looking, one-shot "virtual anthology" featuring speculative fiction stories in English by Filipino writers" Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler posted for free online reading. "My first and foremost goal in setting up this ...
philippinespeculativefiction.com - 11/13/2008
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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 ...
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philippinespeculativefiction.com - 11/17/2008
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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 ...
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philippinespeculativefiction.com - 11/17/2008
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The Sugilanon of Epefania's Heartbreak by Ian Rosales
Casocot "All of history--and all stories--eventually collide. That is
how the Great Laon creates new worlds." -- From an old script written on bamboo, found in Ilog, Negros Island In the old days, ...
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Free fiction: Some English fiction from Philippines & a Hindi story from India
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Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler is hosting 11 pieces of short speculative fiction. Titles sound as if the emphasis is on fantasy, but I'm just guessing - I've not read any yet. [via Bibliophile Stalker & QuasarDragon] In Hindi: Zeashan Haider Zaidi & Arvind Mishra's "Teri Duniya Mere Sapne" (tr "Your World My Dreams"); read online (no download); Vigyan Pragati, November 2008: Ghosts are actually aliens! Mostly familiar tropes. ...
Plug: Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler (Part 2)
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Anyway, I just want to take the time to plug the Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler. I want to thank those who've been spreading the word as of late, especially BoingBoing. Nothing beats getting BoingBoing'ed (save perhaps getting plugged by Neil Gaiman). The site's also been mentioned in the likes of SF Signal, Futurismic, J.M. McDermott, Techotic, Quasar Dragon, Planet X, and the SF Commonwealth in Taiwan (in Chinese). Those interested in the viral process can refer to this ...
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charles-tan.blogspot.com 11/18/2008 — These past few months, one of my projects (together with Mia Tijam) was editing a "virtual anthology" of previously-published Philippine fiction. After hours of reading, soliciting stories, the technical aspects of the site (finding a host, web ...
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