February 2020

Matthew Jacob F. Ramos holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in both Creative Writing and Information Design from the Ateneo de Manila University (2014). He has also won the Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Fiction and has been shortlisted for the Nick Joaquin Literary Award. His works can be found in Philippine Genre Stories, Tampu: Writing and Influence in Cebuano Literature, The Philippines Graphic, Cha: Writing the Philippines, and Philippine Speculative Fiction 18. He has also attended a number of national writing workshops including the 31st Cornelio Faigao National Writers Workshop and the 56th Silliman University National Writer’s Workshop.

  • Echoes of Pasig

    Pasig River’s decline was said to be infamous. This was something else. Eunice had promised that the ferry would undercut traffic by hours. Orife believed her, unfamiliar as he was to the congested spaces of the metropolis. He found, however, that her alternative was less reassuring. The ferry docks appeared abandoned. They sat next to…

  • Rectokado

    Hermoso wakes up wishing he had a different life. He flirts with getting hair replacement therapy as he combs over his bald spot in the mirror. He is 45, has two teenage daughters who won’t listen to anything he says and a wife who refuses to have sex with him anymore.  “By the time our…

  • Ang Huling Sayaw ni Sebyo

    Ika-walo na ng umaga nang magising ako sa mga palakpak at halakhak ng mga drayber ng traysikel na naghuhuntahan sa labas. Kinusut-kusot ko ang aking mga mata . Napatingin ako sa kisame at naaninag ko ang mga butiking nag-akyat manaog dito at sa mga kantuhang haligi ng aking silid. Hinagilap ko  ang aking  salamin sa…

  • Bakal Dos at Uno

    Nakatulos ang kandila sa gilid ng eskinitanag-iisa, lumuluhasa lunan kung saan pinigtas ang hininga ni Marta noong ?sang gabing malamigng lalaki?t unipormadong chimera -waring binusalan at piniringan ng mga pitada ang langit naging bulag, pipi at bingi ang paligidsa mga samo ng dalagang inana kung makakapagsalita lang sanaang nagkalat na mani, kendi, balut at pugo…

  • Lawag

    Kung paaalisin ay di kami payag,Sa amin ang lupa?t sa amin ang bundok.Lalabanan iyang kanilang pagpatag. Nandito na kami mula bumagabagYaong Pinatubong poot na pumutok,Kung paaalisin ay di kami payag. Halos walang oras na di mapanatagPagkat tumalundos sa lupa ang lugmok,Lalabanan iyang kanilang pagpatag. May salaysay kami na di maihayag,Kahit binusalan, ang wika ng tuktok:?Kung…