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  • KARA'S PLACE by Luis Katigbak

    Did you ever think everything was much simpler in college?


    KARA’S PLACE by Luis Katigbak is the featured story this episode, and it’s narrated by another writer, Christine "Tin" Lao. The story appears in Luis’s story collection, Happy Endings (UP Press).  Podcast originally released in June 2011. 

    The host and narrator attempt to have an intelligent discussion about “Kara’s Place”, so stick around until the end of the podcast. Do ignore the giggling.


    Story used with permission from the author. 

    31 min
  • SELF WITH DOG, 1997 by Angelo R Lacuesta

    "Soon, lines are bent, color is removed from color, shape is shrugged off, the frame disappears and meaning appears."


    Listen to "Self with Dog, 1997” by Angelo R. Lacuesta, a.k.a. Sarge Lacuesta, narrated for us by Edward Quilo. An earlier version of the story appeared in the Philippine Graphic, and was later included in Sarge’s collection “White Elephants, Stories”, published by Anvil. His latest work is  "Stay: 21 Comic Stories", anthology made in collaboration with 17 local comic artists, a photographer, and a visual artist.

    This episode was first released in November 2010.  Story used with permission from the author. Hosted and produced by Elyss Punsalan.  

    31 min
  • THE BRIDGE by Yvette Tan (Abridged Version)

    "'Sometimes,' I said, 'I see and hear things others don't. I dream things, know things I shouldn't know.'"


    Listen to Yvette Tan’s The Bridge, deliciously narrated by the inimitable Nikki Alfar .The story first saw print in Story Philippines (2009) and was later anthologized in A Time for Dragons (Anvil, 2009). It also appeared in Waking the Dead (Anvil 2009), Yvette’s own collection of stories. “The Bridge” also won a prize in the 2nd Philippine/Graphic Fiction Awards sponsored by Fully Booked.

    The story has been abridged, with Yvette’s permission, of course, for this podcast. The whole episode is still about 28 minutes long, but I tell you, time’s going to fly by without you noticing it.


    This episode was first released in October 2010. Story written by Yvette Tan. Narrated by Nikki Alfar. Story used with permission from the author. Hosted and produced by Elyss Punsalan.

    29 min
  • KEEPING TIME by FH Batacan

    There's something in the water that's making everybody skinny, and people are dying. A science fiction gem from FH Batacan, author of the groundbreaking crime novel "Smaller and Smaller Circles".  


    "Keeping Time" was written by FH Batacan. Read by Alex Osias. This episode was originally released in Jan 2011. Story used with permission from the author. Hosted and produced by Elyss Punsalan. 

    The story first appeared in the Philippines Free Press (2007), and then was reprinted in Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 3 (edited by Dean and Nikki Alfar; Kestrel).  In 2008, “Keeping Time” won first prize in Free Press Literary Awards, short story category.

    37 min
  • THE SPARROWS OF CLIMACO AVENUE by Kenneth Yu

    The Sparrows of Climaco Avenue  was written in remembrance of the Ondoy tragedy. It first saw print in Rocket Kapre’s Ruin and Resolve, a charity anthology put together by Paolo Chikiamco, then reprinted in Philippine Speculative Fiction 5, edited by Nikki Alfar and Vin Simbulan.


    Story written by Kenneth Yu. Read by Fides Bernardo. This episode was originally released in Sept 2010. Story used with permission from the author. Hosted and produced by Elyss Punsalan. 

    15 min
  • GHOST BETWEEN MOMENTS by Kate Aton-Osias

    How do you move on from the death of someone you love?

    Story written by Kate Aton-Osias, and read by Elyss Punsalan.

    Hosted and produced by Elyss Punsalan. This episode was originally released in July 2010. Story used with permission from the author.

    "Ghost Between Moments" first appeared in the fiction webzine Bewildering Stories, and was later on included in the magazine’s Editor’s Choices. You can find more stories from Kate Osias in her new book "Heroes, Villains, and Other Women".

    15 min
  • SIX FROM DOWNTOWN by Dean Francis Alfar

    While he was stranded by a storm in Dumaguete, author Dean Francis Alfar felt an acute longing for home. He then decided to create an alternate Manila where "the strange was commonplace" in "Six from Downtown".   


    This audio piece was originally published July 2010 with permission from the author, and read by Kate Aton-Osias and Blue Soon. Hosted and produced by Elyss Punsalan.

    The story first saw print in Philippines Free Press (2006), then reappeared in Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 2 (2006, Kestrel), Dean’s collection Kite of Stars and Other Stories (2007, Anvil), as well as online in the Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler. The piece won a prize in the 2007 Free Press Awards. 

    30 min

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The first Filipino fiction podcast which started in 2010. Listen to short stories by esteemed contemporary authors such as Dean Francis Alfar, Sarge Lacuesta, FH Batacan, Eliza Victoria, and more.…