Archive for the ‘Short Stories & Mood Swings’ Category

Little Red Riding Hood, the story you weren’t told

Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood, Comes happily trotting in the woods. Basket and flowers in her hands, Gonna visit her grandma in a far away land. She stops to smell the flowers now and then, The kinds of little insects she can tell. But not far away is the Big Bad Wolf, [...]

Nashville

Good morning Upper East Side. It’s your favorite Gossip Girl dishing out the latest on what and who matters in Manhattan. Spotted 6 weeks ago: Serena van der Woodsen stepping out of the Grand Central Station, back in the lives of the Upper East Siders. Not that we’re lacking enough complication already. The past few [...]

Walang Hanggan [LP]

Para sa linggong ito, sasamahan ko ng maikling kwento ang aking lahok para maiba naman. Pasensha na kung hindi Tagalog. — buses swept by in front of her, blurring the vision of the other side of the street in repeated episodes. she must cross the street; never mind that death dangled even in the cardboard [...]

Avaritia

By justice a king gives a country stability, but one who is greedy for bribes tears it down. – Proverbs 29:4 He wipes away the sweat from his forehead, trying to calm his nerves. He takes a deep, but quiet breath and closes his eyes momentarily. They cannot see him. The putrid stench of the [...]

Reliving Death

in memory of a HS and college schoolmate, JR. a new father, a good friend to many, and an athlete. i am just re-posting a short i wrote a few years back, which may not entirely do justice to his life (because it’s not about him), but nevertheless this is for you as it was [...]