Bloody Mary

Tahimik at tulala si Mei habang nakaupo sa kama ni Sandy at hawak-hawak ang duguang kotsilyo. Walang bahid ng kung anong ekspresyon na makikita sa kanyang mukha, di mo alam kung ano ang kanyang iniisip o nararamdaman. Siya ay nagmistulang bingi sa ingay ng telebisyon at tila hindi pansin ang lagkit ng dugo sa kanyang…

Mandurugo: A vampire from Filipino folklore

The tip of her hollow tongue tapers to a needle point and pricks the sleeping victim’s neck and sucks a bit of his blood.

Tiyu-an, the aswang with an immortal puppy

By day, the tiyu-an is a normal girl or woman but by late night the puppy licks her legs as a way of telling her that  it’s time for her to hunt.

The Jump

THE cool breeze caressed her smooth face. She felt every molecule of air with her eyes closed. The wind danced around her, strands of her hair dancin along. Her body began to rock to and fro. Not only did she feel her heartbeat, she heared it as well. Its steady but hard beating drowned the…

At the Art Lecture

IT was this year’s Art Festival. Free art lectures and workshops here and there. Amateur and professional artists and art enthusiasts alike swarmed in the venue. I was so engrossed with the lecturer’s discussion on the Classical Revival that I didn’t notice when a girl sat beside me. When I finally did, the first thing…