February 2020

Charles Dominic Sanchez is a copy editor, fictionist, essayist, and aspiring novelist who has lived in Cebu all his life. He was a fellow to the 27th Cornelio Faigao Memorial Writers Workshop, the 11th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop, the 23rd Iligan National Writers Workshop, and the 17th San Agustin Writers Workshop, where he was awarded the Leoncio P. Deriada Prize for Literature in Creative Nonfiction. He was also a delegate to the 10th Taboan Writers Festival in 2018. His stories have been anthologized in Brown Child: The Best of Faigao Poetry and Fiction 1984?2012 and Pinili: 15 Years of Lamiraw.

  • Here, There, Everywhere: Catching Up with Criselda Yabes

    (Criselda Yabes has published eight books, including Sarena’s Story: The Loss of a Kingdom, which won the UP Centennial Literary Prize for Creative Non-Fiction simultaneously with Below the Crying Mountain. A journalism graduate of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, she worked as correspondent for the international press in Manila, covering politics and coups…

  • Luyag ‘Da’ra’y Anino (A Kingdom of Shadows)

    *based on a true story* Language of Dialogues: Pangasinan, Arabic, Iloko with English subtitles Story, Screenplay, & Direction: Valentina Vidal Shooting Location: Dhofar Mountains, Oman Style and Narrative Structure: A poetic film with an episodic structure *Inspired by a true story* Leonora Perez (63), a Filipino migrant worker employed as a shepherdess for a family…

  • Labada

    Mga Tauhan:                                                      Gina               30s, naka-daster, may suot na kwintas na rosaryo Tetay              30s, naka-long sleeves at palda, may balabal sa ulo Badet              30s, naka-spageti strap at maikling shorts Bireng            30s, naka-t-shirt at shorts na pang-basketball Tagpuan:             Batis sa Nagcarlan, Laguna Panahon: Sabado de Gloria, alas-siyete ng umaga ANG DULA: Pagbukas ng entablado…

  • Ulan-init

    “Hooooo!” Gibira ni Nenet ang pisi nga nagtapot sa ilong sa kabaw, mihunong kini sa pagkadungog sa iyahang singgaak. Nagtungtong siya sa buko-buko sa mananap nga ganina pa naghalhal. Walay klase, mao nang nanghakot silag lubi kauban ang iyahang maguwang nga si Teban, disi-says anyos ug manghod nga si Pawpaw nga dyes ang panuigon. Tig-isa…

  • Sanayan Lang ang Pagpatay

    Mag-aalas kwatro ng madaling araw, nagpaalam kang umalis. Tumambad sa atin ang mga bote ng alak na iniwang gumugulong sa kalsada ng mga sundalong halos kauuwi pa lamang. Mag-aalas kwatro ng madaling araw, nagpaalam kang umalis. Isang oras na mas maaga sa karaniwan mong gayak.  Hindi ka pa nakalalayo ng bahay, nakarinig na ko ng…