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The Encore

The Encore

By CZERIZHA KAIZEL S. ADZUARA   Editor’s Note: This piece is one of the works in a four-part series in line with the Dapitan 2022 theme Hintayan. All works are written by the Flame‘s Letters staffers.   Remedios Street sang the chorus of playing children in a humid afternoon. There…
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Wisps

Wisps

By FATIMA B. BADURIA   Editor’s Note: This piece is one of the works in a four-part series in line with the Dapitan 2022 theme Hintayan. All works are written by the Flame‘s Letters staffers.   With a snap of my fingers and a flick of my hand, my fingertips…
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Jayma: “Bagong recover”

Jayma: “Bagong recover”

“How did the pandemic affect your flower selling business?” Wala kaming kinita. Wala kaming hanap-buhay. Nagtinda lang kami noon ng mga lutong pagkain, at umuwi sa Occidental Mindoro.  “How does it feel to be back and selling flowers again?” Bagong recover. Bagong recover sa customer. Maayos-ayos naman [ngayon]. Pero sa…
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Called by the Siren

Called by the Siren

Editor’s Note: This piece is one of the works in a six-part series in line with the Dapitan 2021 theme Captured. All works are written by the Flame‘s Letters staffers. As Nena grew up from her father’s stories about mermaids, she was warned ever since to never trust them. “Sirens are…
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Strings

Editor's Note: This piece is one of the works in a six-part series in line with the Dapitan 2021 theme Captured. All works are written by the Flame‘s Letters staffers. While she was carried to the attic above the theater, Helena knew that the puppet master was not pleased.  He…
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Dapitan 2019 tackles themes of uprising

Dapitan 2019 tackles themes of uprising

All literatures are a form of critique, and as long as writers breathe, the fight will go on. This was the message of Dapitan 2019 guest editor Paul Castillo to fellow litterateurs during the book launch for “Dapitan: Insureksiyon” on Friday. The latest edition of Dapitan, the Flame’s official literary…
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Opening

Opening

IT IS suffocating. Living behind closed doors, that is. I am enclosed in a rectangular chamber; the four walls, along with the dark, squeeze every part of me. I drown myself with the sound of air drawing in and out, since it is senseless to speak for no one can hear…
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A Bedtime Story

A Bedtime Story

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of the works in a five-part series in line with the Dapitan 2017 theme “Paglisan” or Departure. All works that are part of the series are written by the Flame‘s Letters staffers. HER MOTHER talked about him like how one would tell a bedtime story—hopeful, gentle, and…
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