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Feb

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Focal Point

By CZERIZHA KAIZEL S. ADZUARA Whenever I am with you, I learn how to decipher the smallest things. I like how you run your delicate fingers through your hair after every laughter, including the attractive smirk your lips make when I stare at you for too long. I know…

14

Feb

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Surreal

By FATIMA B. BADURIA I look away every time because I have never known twin pools before, crystal waters aglow seemingly enchanting, sending ripples in a sudden beat to my chest then to every ragged breath, oddly disconcerting when they stay too long, right before my eyes. And not…

14

Feb

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Click

By ABIGAIL M. ADRIATICO She always took photos of what she liked—whether they were flowers on a bright summer day or a guy she had feelings for. You could always tell it through her smiles behind the viewfinder. With every polaroid photo she took, she would ask for my…

30

Jan

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Noontime dreaming

By DAWN DANIELLE D. SOLANO Kevin loved watching the sun’s gradual transition from its boldest blaze of orange to its velvet tangerine hues every afternoon. He knew the perfect spot in the University where he could get a front-row view of the show. He picked a bench in front of the…

16

Jan

By The Flame Literary

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Full Circle

Red brake lights set the road ablaze. Caloy shifted in the driver’s seat, he gripped the steering wheel as the long hell of a queue burned right before him. “Eto na naman tayo,” he heaved a sigh. He stared at his bag of purchase in the passenger’s seat: a few…

26

Nov

By The Flame Literary

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The Swim

Editor’s Note: Starting today, the Letters section’s Photo of the Week will now be named Liyab. Furthermore, instead of weekly short stories, creative works will be uploaded every other week. Here I am within the womb of a serene glittering pool; her surface returns the blue hues of the…

31

Oct

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Movie Night

By ABIGAIL M. ADRIATICO Note: This article is a work of fiction as part of The Flame's Photo of the Week. You hear the clock ticking as the credits of your second horror movie for the night start rolling. It is already 11 in the evening, and you still have…

31

Oct

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The Discord Caller

By DAWN DANIELLE D. SOLANO Note: This article is a work of fiction as part of The Flame's Photo of the Week. Sprawled on my desk were my color-assorted sticky notes and highlighters. The faint light coming from the lamp post outside my bedroom window shone over the last page…

29

Oct

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Have you lost the sun?

The laptop’s screen turned black. You saw your reflection: a pair of weary eyes and a back slouching. You sighed; this setting darkened the keenness you once had. Feeling empty, you started remembering when the university grounds and physical company still held you as a whole. It was a cloudy…

24

Sep

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Tranquil Menace

Long they stride upon the bamboo planks underneath the scorching sun and on calm waters. Only to haul the lightweight fishing nets, hollow as their family’s stomachs. Long they sail their bangka on our fresh and saltwater, to claim what remains and swim below. Only to be menaced by…