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philippinespeculativefiction.com - 11/13/2008

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 - 11/17/2008

Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler

— 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 - 11/17/2008

Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler

— philippinespeculativefiction.com — 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, ... (more) Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler

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Free ‘virtual anthology’ of Philippine speculative fiction
Futurismic — ... than usual I think it warrants special mention. Filipino genre fiction mavens Charles Tan and Mia Tijam have co-edited an entire virtual anthology of speculative fiction written in English by Filipino writers - a great way to expose new writers to an otherwise hard-to-access market. Here’s the table of contents: Introduction by Charles Tan “Six from Downtown” by Dean Francis Alfar “The Singer’s Man ...

Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler
QuasarDragon — ... up this website is to promote Philippine literature, specifically those who write in the field we call speculative fiction. In the past four years, it seems like there's been a huge boom in this category, whether it's the appearance of publications like Philippine Speculative Fiction, The Digest of Philippine Genre Stories, and Story Philippines, or the emergence of competitions like the Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards." Introduction by Charles Tan Six from Downtown by Dean Francis Alfar The Singer's Man by M. R. R. Arcega ...

Philippine Speculative Fiction in English Online
Bibliophile Stalker — ... Ilano "Benito Salazar’s Last Creation," by Crystal Gail Shagkuan Koo "Treasure Islands" by Karen Katrina G. Manalastas "Last Bus Ride" by Pia Roxas "Turtle Season" by Timothy R. Montes "The Field" by Adel Gabot "Virtual Center" by Raissa Claire Rivera "The Creator Defends His Creation" by Raissa Claire RiveraPhilippine Speculative Fiction Sampler "Six from Downtown" by Dean Francis Alfar "The Singer's Man" by M. R. R. ...

Fishing For Mermaids And Displaying Your Prehensile Tail For Strangers: It's A Living, Sort Of [Afternoon Reading]
io9 — ... as we think we are, we decide that such conventionally unexplainable phenomena are the province of the superstitious, backward, third world, unenlightened. We hear their testimonies of encounters with the fantastic with an air of doubt, and we judge them. In high literature, these stories become exoticized, objectified, hence, magical realism. In poetry, perhaps it's also objectified and othered as the mythopoetic. Top image by Kevin LaPena. ["Six From Downtown" by Dean Francis Alfar, via Barbara Jane Reyes] ...