Author: Liane Carlo Suelan

Liane Carlo R. Suelan is from Davao City. He is a Bachelor of Arts in Literature student at the University of the Philippines Visayas. His works can be found in Dagmay, and Novice Magazine: Chastity Issue. He was also a fellow at the 19th San Agustin Writers Workshop and the 2019 Davao Writers Workshop. He likes carabaos and seeks soup, especially sinigang, everywhere, in any weather.

  • From the Top of the Bridge

    The river chokes on logs, fallen palm branches, and garbage; on plastic and dead dreams from upstream. From the top of the bridge, the stench of decay assaults my nostrils, and my nose wrinkles in protest. I watch the people below, who live in houses like matchboxes by a stream of spilt gravy over rice,…

  • Kuya Macoy

    I stood there, leaning on the stone guardrail of the unfinished road by the sea, water crashing upon the seawall, sky transitioning into a burst of hues – peach, cherry, flame. The deteriorating, faux gold replica of Michelangelo’s David stood proudly behind me; his eyes towards the horizon, perhaps watching me, too. I reminisced the…