Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler

E-Fiction
Charles Tan and Mia Tijam have "a very interesting looking, one-shot "virtual anthology" featuring speculative fiction stories in English by Filipino writers" Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler posted for free online reading.

"My first and foremost goal in setting up this website is to promote Philippine literature, specifically those who write in the field we call speculative fiction. In the past four years, it seems like there's been a huge boom in this category, whether it's the appearance of publications like Philippine Speculative Fiction, The Digest of Philippine Genre Stories, and Story Philippines, or the emergence of competitions like the Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards."

Introduction by Charles Tan

Six from Downtown by Dean Francis Alfar

The Singer's Man by M. R. R. Arcega

Keeping Time by FH Batacan

Dreaming Valhalla by Douglas Candano

The Sugilanon of Epefania's Heartbreak by Ian Rosales Casocot

The God Equation by Michael A. R. Co

The Family That Eats Soil by Khavn De La Cruz

The Dues to the Unbound by Pocholo Goitia

A Ghost Story by Francezca C. Kwe

Pedro Diyego's Homecoming by Apol Lejano-Massebieau

The Forgotten City by Vincent C. Sales

Online HERE [via SF Signal].



I have to assume that I was predestined to leave this out of this morning's post. I saw it, book marked it, John DeNardo even sent an e-mail about it, and sure enough ...