Short Stories | Yarns and Clouds

By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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    Liksi is bored. She's been knitting red yarn, blue yarn, white yarn - so many yarns! - since eight in the morning and the only breaks she gets are during eating time, which means she only gets one break at lunch for less than an hour! Afterward, she has to continue until before the sun sets and it's time to eat dinner. Repeat the same routine tomorrow, and the next day, and the next, next day - she'll never be done!

Short Story | With You Is My Safe Place

By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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    Nubsib pushes Hamina to the ground, and she looks up at his smug face. Hamina grits her teeth hearing it crunch, like corn in a stone grinder, and she tries to keep her composure even when she feels the scratches on her elbows sting. At five-year-old, the eight-year-old cousins, Nubsib and Aun, look bigger from the ground - even though in truth, they're only about six to seven inches taller than her. In the back of her mind, Hamina remembers telling her mother that "I'm not short and I'm taller than any other girls my age, mama," and that's the truth.

Short Story | Jebal and Sumana Village

By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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    "Jebal!" A shout reverberates through the clearing. His leader angles the spear in his hand and thrusts toward the boar's eye. He misses. He calls out again, "Pull yourself together and get up! We need your help! Deo! If he doesn't get up by himself, then leave him to die!"

Poem | Folk Songs (Three Parts): Aida

By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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Seventy-seven thousand years ago

Bakunawa rises from Her deep sleep

And hovers the night sky

To wander the Great Four Seas.

Short Story | A Thousand Stars, And Still I Found My Sun

By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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    The rays of sunshine creep over the window, touching the glass and reflecting a sheen of light that embraces the silent room, kissing Bagwis's tan skin as he sleeps beside her. Slowly, Liksi untangles herself from his warmth, repositions herself to face him, and gazes at his peacefulness. 

Short Story | Trust

By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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    "S-Samaya," Fengshen spits blood with her name. He finds himself bleeding next to his throne with a woman bearing his beloved's face standing in front of him, the tip of her sword inches away from his nose. "Samaya."

Poem | Folk Songs (Three Parts): Hamina

By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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The Irunians sing with echoing voice

Into the vault of Heaven and Epirault.

Hear, hear these silent pleas

And hope She wouldn't find a fault.

Poem | Folk Songs (Three Parts): Liksi

 By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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One scorching sunny day

In Nubia's ocean of sand

A wandering wizard lays

Her dainty feet on land.