June 2019

Mitch Balladares is a millennial fictionist. She writes modern and postmodern pieces that discuss not just what’s real but also what can be real. Mitch graduated with a degree in Literature major in Creative Writing from De La Salle University. She was also a writing fellow in the Iyas La Salle National Writing Workshop in 2017.

  • Sampaguita

    Alam ko. Hindi ako nakakalimot. Palaging binibilin sa akin ni Nanay, kapag lalabas ako sa kalsada mag-isa, wag daw ako tatanggap ng kendi sa kungsino mang di ko kilala. Pero, paano naman kaya yung mga batang tulad ko na di kailanman nakarinig ng kahit isang bilin? Paano kung tanggapin nila yung kendi? Gabing gabi na.…

  • Honasan

    Atong’s story On the way to the Honasan, Atong stopped by the pantalan to see his friends. They lined both sides of the stone pier. The pantalan was completed a few years ago, bringing commerce and tourism to the once sleepy town of Hinundayan. It became a pastime among the boys of the town to…

  • Galit si Eba

    Halos murahin si Eba ng tindera ng kamatis. Muntik na kasing magkandahulog ang mga paninda ng ale nang matabig nya ang bilao dahil sa barubal nyang paglalakad. Walang pake si Eba dahil galit siya.  Tinabig niya palayo ang pulubing dalawang beses kumalabit sa kanya habang nakapila sa hintayan ng jeep. Pinagtinginan sya ng mga tao.…

  • Festival of Lights

    To grow up in Iponan, is to learn stubborn resistance. Remember the flood? When Iponan river overflowed and buried the barangay in muddied water? After the state of emergency, when families were permitted to leave the musty covered-courts turned evacuation centers, we saw the water lines that stained the walls of our houses. Families swept…

  • Ang Kataposang Sugilanon ni Borges

    Aron masabtan ang istorya, balik ta sa sinugdanan. Pagkadungog nako nga patay na si Uncle Soc, puwerte nakong katawa. Ayaw ko tan-awag ing-ana, ha, kay usahay lang gyod, blood is thinner than water. Apan may laing hinungdan sa akong gibating kalipay. Boang na si Uncle Soc. Di ni biay-biay; duda ko nga mga flip sa…