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Short Stories / Fiction in English

Contemporary Philippine short stories in English, from flash fiction to longer stories, by Filipino writers from the Visayas, Mindanao and the diaspora.

Read more fiction in Filipino (maikling kuwento) and Binisaya (sugilanon), or other work in English: poetry, creative nonfiction and critical essays.

Every story appeared in one of our journal issues. Meet the writers in our contributors, or read the submission guidelines.

  • HEXOPUS: The Six-Limbed Lad

    Charles Sanchez

    Synopsis It’s the start of summer vacation in the quiet little coastal municipality of Sto. Domingo, and thirteen-year-old Paul Pelegrino, a boy born with six limbs, four arms…

  • Tides of the Sea

    Alanna Michelle Escudero

    For the children and their dreams for a better tomorrow Once in a beautiful village far from the barrio, hidden in the marshes; where children play under the…

  • Two Women of Bantayan

    Danton Remoto

    A block away from our house stood a wood-and-stone house beside the river. Our housemaid told us to avoid this house. “Aling Barang,” she said, referring to the…

  • Honasan

    Cesar Miguel Escaño

    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…

  • Festival of Lights

    Camille Bagaipo

    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…