Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Philippine Speculative Fiction V Update

I received an email from Kestrel DDM, the publisher of the Philippine Speculative Fiction anthologies. The email contained the following: the tentative Table of Contents for PSFV, as well as the shortlist (which are the stories the editors wish could be printed but can't take in for lack of space). Some of the shortlisted tales can still make it into the TOC if any of the originally accepted stories have to be pulled out for whatever reason. Please note that this is not the order of the TOC yet as the editors still need to determine it. Congratulations to all the writers, both in the TOC and in the shortlist.

Philippine Speculative Fiction V
edited by Nikki Alfar and Vincent Michael Simbulan

‘A Game of Quam’ by Andrew Drilon
‘A New Hospital’ by Raymond G. Falgui
‘A Yellow Brick Road Valentine’ by Charles Tan
‘Carbon’ by Paolo Gabriel V. Chikiamco
‘Death and Noy’ by Fidelis Angela C. Tan
‘Embedding’ by Aileen Familara
‘Eyes as Wide as the Sky’ by Gabriela Lee
‘Heart in the Flesh’ by Mia Tijam
‘If We Catch Fire’ by Marla Cabanban
‘Just Man’ by Rica Bolipata-Santos
‘Keeper of My Sky’ by Timothy James Dimacali
‘Leg Men’ by Dominique Gerald Cimafranca
‘Monsters’ by Eliza Victoria
‘New Toy’ by Joseph Anthony Montecillo
‘Rogelio Batle and the Curse of the Crimson Court’ by Alexander Osias
‘Sink’ by Isabel Yap
‘Strange Weather’ by Dean Francis Alfar
‘The Autochthonic War’ by Joseph F. Nacino
The Creature’ by Christine V. Lao
‘The Goodlyf’ by Kate Aton-Osias
‘The Left-Behind Girl’ by Veronica Montes
The Sparrows of Climaco Avenue’ by Kenneth Yu
‘There’s a Waterfall in Your Rainbow’ by Ejay Domingo
Three Stories’ by Angelo R. Lacuesta
‘Very Short Fairy Tales’ by Apol Lejano-Massebieau

Shortlisted
‘A Novel Escape’ by Celine Roque
‘Bio Notes’ by Monique Francisco
‘Beyond Flight’ by Kristine Draei Dimalanta
‘Carnivale’ by Sarah Catherine Ureta
‘Moving Houses’ by Oscar Bryan Alvarez
‘Robots, Eyeballs, and a Slice of Pizza’ by Raydon L. Reyes
The Beloved Servant’ by Elyss Punsalan
The Void’ by Spencer Simbulan
‘Under a Mound of Earth’ by Celestine Trinidad
‘Upstaged’ by Gerard dela Cruz
Watchmen and Puppetmaster’ by Erica Gonzales
‘Wolf Man’ by John Philip Corpuz

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a thought. Maybe in the future, PGS could be accessed via internet. Would it be easier to reach out and let the world know how good Filipino writers are?

7:41 PM  
Blogger pgenrestories said...

@Anonymous: Hi! Your idea is being strongly considered. I've made many blog entries linking to other web pages detailing how the trend does seem to be veering away from paper, and there are many news items detailing how traditional-print is losing out to digital as a way to disseminate content. So, yes, your idea is being heavily considered (I, being old school, just doubt my digital skills, that's all).

In the meantime, do check out online anthologies by Pinoy publishers, like the following:

http://philippinespeculativefiction.com/

http://farthestshore.kom.ph/

http://www.rocketkapre.com/usok/

There'll be more to come, surely.

Thanks!

8:01 PM  

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