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Short Stories
Duha ka Hulagway
To preserve the peace in her home, Conching keeps from her mother the secret she knows about her father’s affair with her best friend.
Pinaskuhan sa Yawa
This story won a special award in a Bag-ong Kusog sponsored Christmas short story writing contest. A man sells his soul to the devil in return for a thousand pesos and pays it with a lifetime in hell.
Tungod lamang sa Sugyot
A girl leaves the man who truly loves her to marry a wealthy Spaniard who turns out to be married. He returns to Spain and abandons her with a child.
Bitoon sa Villacebuana nga Napawong
Tells about the mysterious murder of a beautiful girl and the flaws in our courts in meeting justice for the guilty one.
Pasayloa
A victim of the town’s playboy, a girl lives in poverty with his illegitimate son in hut near a beach. One day, mother and son find a shipwrecked survivor who turns out to be the former playboy.
Mainawaong Gugma sa Anak
Wrongly accused for murder, a man escapes from jail to comfort his dying mother.
Kabililhon sa Kinabuhi
A mysterious murder is solved when the murderer’s own conscience continuously confronts him.
Tulo ka Tugon
The story of a boy who was given by his father a bird “adarna” and the three wishes he must follows.
