Cesar Miguel Escaño

Cesar Miguel G. Escaño lives in Tacloban City, Leyte. Before moving to Tacloban, he was a newspaper reporter for BusinessWorld and a college English teacher at the Ateneo de Manila. He contributes feature articles to newspapers such as the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Manila Bulletin and magazines such as Going Places and Mabuhay Magazine. He was a fellow for fiction at the 56 th Silliman University National Writers Workshop in 2017. His story, ‘Little Star,’ was named Honorable Mention at the 2018 Nick Joaquin Literary Awards by Philippines Graphic Magazine. His story, ‘An-An,’ will be published in the Best of Lamiraw (2004-2016), an anthology of the Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop of Eastern Visayas, by Katig Publications.

  • Lamiraw

    Most people don’t know this. The only ones who do are seers, dreamwalkers and those born with the sight like me. Long ago before the age of Man, gods walked the Earth. It was a time when the world was newly-born like an infant, when there was no difference between waking and dreaming. This time…

  • 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…

  • 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…