A Bad News

She was alarmed by her ogima servant’s news. Haguesina adventurers have ventured near the edge of her domain, threatening the peace and tranquility she and her subjects have enjoyed for centuries. Who knows what inconvenience these humans from the coast bring. She could turn the trespassers into pigs, she mulled.

Library Spooks

She saw them lurking among the shelves – the campus library’s resident ghosts. Their unavoidable presence for people like her was starting to piss her off. She tried to help them before but this bunch made no sense. All they do is murmur, whisper, sob and wail – a far cry from the red lady…

The Lost Explorer

The Aragonese explorer slowly approached the house in the middle of the field, wondering. It is the only stone dwelling he has seen on the island; very different from the bamboo and straw houses of the natives. What if it belongs to a bruxa? He thought.

Giant Remains

Upon emerging from the thick woods, onto the edge of a ravine the young warrior gazed upon the gigantic form that slumped stone-cold beside a towering mountain. It was shrouded by trees and other manner of plants and vegetation while a steady waterfall gushed forth from a fissure in its chest. While the young warrior…

A Dream

She has become drawn to it. It was probably the tranquility she felt in the dream. She wanted to be in that place again.

Ang Biktima ni Angeli

NOTE: English version of story below. Habang hinuhubad ang pares ng duguang gwantes napatingin si Angeli sa salamin upang sulyapan ang kanyang ginawa. Walang buhay na nakahandusay sa sahig ng comfort room ang pinakahuli nitong biktima – isang freshman sa unibersidad – na ang dugo ay nagkalat sa tiles mula sa nakangangang hiwa sa tiyan…

Ang Babayi sa Comfort Room

NOTE: Tagalog & English versions below. Naga-ulan sadtong hapon. Bangod tigpululi na madamo nga bumulutho ang nagtipon sa lobby, nagahulat nga maghupa ang ulan. Naglisensya si Len sa iya mga barkada nga mapa-comfort room siya anay, dayon lakat sang madasig. Pag-abre niya sang pwerta tuman ka bugnaw nga hangin ang gilayon sumugata kay Len. Wala…

Childhood Nightmare

Advance post for All Hallow’s Eve. Panels drawn on the Nintendo DS Lite using the Colors! homebrew app.

The Date

I. The café had a few customers that night. Tina was alone at a table in one corner, quietly sipping a cup of mocha cappuccino while stabbing a slice of chocolate cake with a fork. To her left a group of boisterous young men sometimes glanced at her. They were obviously talking about her. Two…

The Visitor

I. The hospital reeked of sickness and death. Along its cold concrete corridors echoed the groans of the ill, the pained, the dying, and the prayers of hopeful souls. Medical staff, patients and their relatives with worried faces shuffle about. The groans of the dying and the scent of death were intoxicating. “Calling Doctor Diaz,…