Literary

Fruits of Labor
16
Nov
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Fruits of Labor

By DENISSE P. TABOR EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece is one of the works in a six-part series in line with the Dapitan 2020 theme Ina. All works that are part of the series are written by the Flame’s Letters staffers. SHE sat down on the curb to rest, putting down…
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Dear City
09
Nov
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Dear City

  THE sun is a phoenix diving into the horizon, dispersing its light in dots, specks, and bursts till it fills the city. It slowly becomes blanketed in darkness. The wires are a messy bundle of vines, falling and rising into posts. The pavement is shattered porcelain, repeatedly fixed and…
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02
Nov
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The Morning After Halloween

Trigger Warning: death, rape The crisp air of dawn cleared a young lady’s lungs as she walked home through a path in the woods. She came from a costume party from the night before. A pristine floor-length dress with long billowing sleeves was her interpretation of a white lady. The…
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Nakorn-Sawan: Healing Through Fiction
30
Oct
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Nakorn-Sawan: Healing Through Fiction

By MHERYLL GIFFEN L. ALFORTE AS HUMANS navigate through the different stages of life, sometimes memories fail and begin to be veiled with mist. As a defiant attempt, only then does one decide to resort on what fiction can offerㅡall for the sake of preserving and reliving these memories. Directed…
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Baka Sakali: Language of Love
27
Oct
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Baka Sakali: Language of Love

By PATRICK V. MIGUEL LOVE IS not caged inside a box; once it is confined, all of its ambiguity and subjectiveness will disappear. It can be seen in many ways but it will always depend on the person to interpret it as an act of love. People often see love…
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Arrival
27
Oct
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Arrival

BENEATH the dirt, sand, and mud where the parents conceal their eggs comes also the act of burying all hopes of ever seeing their young once again. The parents head back into the ocean, refusing to look back as they trust the cycle of life to be set in motion.…
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Zombies of Katipunan
19
Oct
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Zombies of Katipunan

CONTRARY to scientific belief, zombies exist. They appear in the dark limbo - the train station; a barren wasteland where only the fittest survive, and where the strongest compete in push and pulls in order to win a spot inside the coveted train, which is the only way out of…
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Insidious
12
Oct
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Insidious

THE breaking of light rings like sirens put on full blast, rousing the people from below in bewilderment. With their eyes inflamed and cushioned by wrinkles of exhaustion, they heave in defeat. Day has just began tapping her nails on the windowpane, and she continues to loom over their sleepless…
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Apo Lakay
28
Sep
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Apo Lakay

“AGBIAG ni Apo Lakay” they proudly shout in Norte. Behind those cheers are the agonizing howls of the victims of Martial Law. The dark figure the blind ones vainly praise is a man whose sagging skin is stained with blood. September 21, 1972 was the date the Philippines became an…
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