And the names are out. Spotted over from Bibliophile Stalker, Rocket Kapre and PhilGenreStories, the tentative table of contents for the forthcoming Philippine Speculative Fiction V anthology has been released. The TOC showcases 25 stories along with 12 shortlisted stories. According to Kenneth Yu, the reason for the 12 shortlisted stories is that they'll be back-ups should stories from the initial 25 be pulled out from the anthology for any reason. Furthermore, the 12 are stories the editors would've wanted to include but could not due to lack of space.
Congratulations to all writers!!!
Philippine Speculative Fiction V
edited by Nikki Alfar and Vincent Michael Simbulan
'A Game of Quam' by Andrew Drilon
'A New Hospital' by Raymond Falgui
'A Yellow Brick Road Valentine' by Charles Tan
'Carbon' by Paolo Gabriel 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
Philippine Speculative Fiction V is slated for local release in February 2010.
