Creative Work

Fiction:

2023

  • “Sightings.” Unquiet Women: Essays by Asian Women in Horror. Eds. Lee Murray and Angela Yuriko-Smith. USA: Black Spot Books.
  • “House of Cicadas.” CRAFT Literary Magazine. 2023. Access here.

2022

  • “Studies Show that Positive Thinking Can Change Someone Else’s Mind.” Kathang-Haka: The Big Book of Fake News. Eds. Dean Francis Alfar, Nikki Alfar, Louie Jon Santos. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Press. 2022
  • “War and Peace.” The Lives of a Filipino High School Student: Anthology of Personal Essays on High School in the Philippines. Eds. Rolando B. Tolentino, Joselito D. De Los Reyes, Ferdinand Piagan Jarin. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Press. 2022

2020

2019

  • “So You Want Another Revolution?” Immersion: An Asian Anthology of Love, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction. Ed. William Tham, Allan Cho, and JF Garrard. Canada: Dark Helix Press. 2019.

2018

  • “The Real World.” Fantasy: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults. Eds. Dean Francis Alfar and Kenneth Yu. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press.
  • “The Offering.” LONTAR 10: The Southeast Asian Journal of Speculative Fiction. Ed. Jason Erik Lundberg. Singapore: Epigram Books
  • “The Forgetting Plague.” Transnational Arts Production: All Borders are Temporary. Ed. Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay. Norway: TrAP

2017

2016

  • “Tinder.” Heat: An Anthology of Southeast Asian Urban Writing. Eds. Ng Yi-Sheng and Khairani Barokka. Selangor, Malaysia: Buku Fixi/Fixi Novo.
  • “A Small Hope.” Philippine Speculative Fiction, Vol. 10. Eds. Dean Francis Alfar and Nikki Alfar. Quezon City: Flipside Publishing.
  • “Erase.” Science Fiction: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults. Eds. Dean Francis Alfar and Kenneth Yu. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press.
  • “Dog Gone Days.” 8List.ph. Makati City, Philippines.

2015

  • “Orange.” Fast Food Fiction Delivery. Eds. Noelle de Jesus and Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta. Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, Inc.

2014

2013

  • “Tabula Rasa.” [reprint] Hoard of Thunder: Philippine Short Stories in English, 1990 to 2008. Ed. Gemino H. Abad. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press.
  • “Stations.” Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 8. Eds. Dean Francis Alfar and Nikki Alfar. Quezon City: Flipside Publishing.
  • “Honesty Hour.” Horror: Filipino Fiction For Young Adults. Dean Francis Alfar and Kenneth Yu. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press.

2012

  • “August Moon.” Lauriat: An Anthology of Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction. Ed. Charles Tan. United States: Lethe Press.
  • “The Nameless Ones.” Philippine Genre Stories. Ed. Kenneth Yu. Manila: Philippine Genre Stories Online.

2010

  • “Bargains.” The Dragon and the Stars. Eds. Derwin Mak and Eric Choi. United States: DAW Books.
  • “Eyes As Wide as the Sky.” Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 5. Eds. Vincent Michael Simbulan and Nikki Alfar. Pasig City: Kestrel Books.

2009

  • “Hunger.” [reprint] By Blood We Live: An Anthology of Vampire Fiction. Ed. John Joseph Adams. United States: Nightshade Books.

2008

  • “Capture.” A Time for Dragons: A Philippine Draconic Anthology. Ed. Vincent Michael Simbulan. Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, Inc. 2008.

2007

  • “Hunger.” A Different Voice: Philippine PEN Anthology for Fiction. Ed. Vicente Groyon. Manila: Philippine PEN.

2005

  • “Tabula Rasa.” Philippine Studies Journal. Ed. Benilda S. Santos. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
  • “Instructions on How to Disappear.” Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 1. Ed. Dean Francis Alfar. Pasig City: Kestrel Books.

Poetry:

2011

  • “Lightbox Advertisement.” The Philippine Free Press.
  • “Sharing Spaces”; “Retrancher”; “Nudes.” Likhaan Journal 5. Ed. Rolando B. Tolentino. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press.

2008

  • “A Fairy-Tale Ending”; “Movement”; “Sometimes Their Feet Refuse to Touch the Ground.” Crowns & Oranges: An Anthology of New Philippine Poetry. Eds. Cirilo Bautista and Ken Ishikawa. Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, Inc.

2005

  • Disturbing the Universe. UBOD Young Writer Chapbook Series. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Children’s Books:

2020

  • Cely’s Crocodile: The Art and Story of Araceli Limcaco Dans. Illustrated by Adrian Panadero. Makati City: Ilaw ng Tahanan Publications.

2002

  • La-on and the Seven-Headed Dragon. Co-written and illustrated by Marcy Dans-Lee. Quezon City: Adarna House, Inc.