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Lauriat
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 234

Lauriat

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012
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  • Publisher: Lethe Press

Filipinos and Chinese authors have a rich, vibrant literature when it comes to speculative fiction, the realms of the strange and fantastical. But what about the fiction of the Filipino-Chinese, who draw their roots from the folklore of both cultures? This is what Lauriat attempts to answer. Featuring stories that deal with voyeur ghosts, taboo lovers, a town that cannot sleep, the Chinese zodiac, and an exile that finally comes home, Lauriat covers a diverse selection of narratives from fresh, Southest Asian voices.

Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 1
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 215

Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 1

A courtesan who secretly controls flame; A baby that eats soil; A professor tasked with proving the masculinity of a national hero; A quest to create a kite that reaches the stars. Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 1 is the first of several anthologies that showcases the rich variety of Philippine literature. Between these covers, you will find magic realism next to science fiction, traditional fantasy beside slipstream, and imaginary worlds rubbing shoulders with alternate Philippine history-demonstrating that the literature of the fantastic is alive and well in the Philippines.

Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 11
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 412

Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 11

Mecha diwata, skeletal romance, the doom of a superhero, loss that transcends time and space - Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 11 showcases horror, fantasy, science fiction, and more; the past intertwining with the future; and narratives interspersed with wonder and melancholy - demonstrating the rich variety of speculative fiction in the Philippines.

Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 9
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 313

Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 9

A young tikbalang auditions at the country's largest TV station; a priest travels the universe to officiate sacraments in outer space; a murdered girl returns unscathed to the home of her perpetrators. Magical realism, fantasy, science fiction, slipstream, and horror share the spotlight in the Philippine Speculative Fiction series, courtesy of the Filipino imagination.

Tools Students Need to Be Skillful Writers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 249

Tools Students Need to Be Skillful Writers

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-10-23
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  • Publisher: Corwin Press

This sourcebook of sentence-level grammar activities is designed to give students explicit practice and confidence in writing a variety of sentence types effectively. It is a book of practical ideas to be shared by real teachers as they help students to study and practice the craft of writing, following standard written English and providing insights into the courtesies of consistent and accurate mechanics, spelling, and usage.

A Field Guide to the Roads of Manila and Other Stories
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 167

A Field Guide to the Roads of Manila and Other Stories

A Field Guide to the Roads of Manila is a map to the worlds of award-winning fictionist Dean Francis Alfar’s imagination. The real and the unreal intersect in these fifteen stories of fantasy, science fiction, and horror and celebrate the wonder of speculative fiction.

Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 10
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 366

Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 10

The landmark tenth volume of what has been called "e;one of the most important projects to come out of the contemporary writing generation"e;, Philippine Speculative Fiction 10 features stories from the genres of fantasy, horror, science fiction while blurring the boundaries of everything in between, with stories from new as well as established Filipino authors.

How to Traverse Terra Incognita
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 237

How to Traverse Terra Incognita

How to Traverse Terra Incognita is Dean Francis Alfar's second collection of speculative fiction. These short stories draw from the traditions of fantasy, science fiction, and horror: a man recreates a country for his queen, fandom turns dangerous for a writer, toys attempt to escape their sad circumstances, and a door into the realm of the gods appears.

The Knowing is in the Writing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 194

The Knowing is in the Writing

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: UP Press

Part manual, part testament, part autobiography, this book aims to engage new and young writers of fiction in matters of not only craft but also life and livelihood.

Best of Philippine Speculative Fiction 2005-2010
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 431

Best of Philippine Speculative Fiction 2005-2010

The Horsemen of the Apocalypse are all born to a Filipino family; an monstrous nanny passes on her powers to her young gay ward; a family's freezer gets a surprise visitor; a young boy discovers how his brother turns into a superhero locked in an eternal struggle with the Forces of Chaos; a company makes a fortune selling diseases. The Best of Philippine Speculative Fiction 2005-2010 features thirty of the best fantasy, science fiction, and horror stories from the first five volumes of Philippine Speculative Fiction, published from 2005 to 2010.