Young Underpaid Professionals

So you think you can write?

Do you have notebooks (word documents, sketchpads, notepads) filled with stories, escapist escapades to other worlds and other realities? Well, I’m looking at you, Bub. The Antithesis Collective Publishing Co. is still on the lookout for kickass manuscripts and short stories for inclusion in its first...

Flash! Fiction

by Rica So I entered this Flash Fiction contest hosted by Jayvee Fernandez with two very clear intentions: one, I want that pretty, shiny, shimmering, splendid Nokia X3-02 Touch and Type phone, and two, winning this contest is a more concrete validation of my skills as a writer. What am I to do with...

Stories in 150 words or less: convos, status...

First, let me start this scalding Thursday post with an early morning convo; one of those typical exchanges I have with Rica once in a while: Rio: parang may kilala akong ganyan kadense Rio: hahaha Rica: ULUPONG Rio: hindi ikaw UNGAS Rica: ah buti Rica: akala ko ako na naman Rica: not everything...

Stories in 150 words or less: random thoughts...

It has become a habit for me and Rio to jot down random thoughts that show either how cool our thought processes can be or just how lame we really are underneath our well-guarded facades (Usually, it’s the latter.). The Overlord has permitted joined us in this week’s compilation of random thoughts...

Stories in 150 words or less: random thoughts

Thoughts are pretty much like falling stars; they occur almost always randomly, they are there then they aren't, and most people think there is some measure of wonder in them. The fleetingness of random thoughts is where its magic holds, I think, and for that reason Rica and I have resolved to record...

Musical Frog Parts

FICTION posted by Karl I spent the better part of the day looking for musical frog parts. All I really needed to complete the last LeGrand high gynerator was a lyric spleen, but it never hurts to have an ample stock of extra highstrings and xylobones. Allen would have been proud of me had he been there...

God of War

FICTION posted by Rio S. He put his katana back in its sheath. Surveying the remnants of the carnage around him, he wiped his brow and walked back to the battlemaster. He grinned, the last one had let out a scream as guts spilled on the grass. He has bounty to collect and what a bounty it was. The...

Tenement

FICTION posted by Rica I live with The Omen. So far she hasn't done anything that would eventually become a catalyst toward world destruction. She's one lazy devil. A literal one. But, you have to understand, even if The Omen hasn't moved her ass off that huge creepy red throne of hers, I'm pretty sure...

HappyHappyJoyJoy

FICTION posted by Rio S. She woke up and readied herself for work. She went into the office with a smile on her face. She worked. She logged out on the office attendance sheet. She hailed a cab. She greeted the doorman and went straight to her flat. She was happy, she could almost hear them say. She...

Box Office

FICTION posted by Rica She gets in her car, or waves at a cab. She drives herself to work, or lets the cab driver drop her in front of her office. She doesn't take a lift but feels the elevator doors close. She waits five minutes to make sure gravity won't pull her down again. She gets out and faces...

Contrabida Romy Diaz and his ill effects

FICTION Posted by Rica Seeing Taal makes her remember Romy Diaz in his contrabida roles, wearing a robe, so early in the goddang morning. Puffing. Smoke. Everything's hazy again. Must be fog. She's sure it's not smog. She doesn't want to go back to the city. For now. She sees lines - or waves. Or wavy...

Potpourri

FICTION posted by Mai "Mind yourself now," his wife called out when he slowly pulled out the car from the garage. "And take care of yourself!" "Yeah, I will," he answered through the rolled-down car window. As soon as the car was properly positioned by the road outside, he beckoned to his wife for...