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Maligno Unbound
Mythology meets New Millennium
Welcome to the Philippines, where creatures from the mists of myth walk on the seashores streets of the 7,107 islands of this archipelago. They will eat you and ask for seconds (and thirds, with lechon sauce).
Six tales weave monsters into the fabric of a crime scene on an island paradise, through Manila's underbelly, into the kill zone of Tirad Pass, out into isles of dispute and out into the world where Filipino migrant workers earn their keep as the new heroes of a country still struggling to become the pearl it has long been called, and into the walking nightmare of a zombie apocalypse.
Welcome to the monster heart of the Pinoy soul. Come, walk the night with me.
Welcome to the Philippines, where creatures from the mists of myth walk on the seashores streets of the 7,107 islands of this archipelago. They will eat you and ask for seconds (and thirds, with lechon sauce).
Six tales weave monsters into the fabric of a crime scene on an island paradise, through Manila's underbelly, into the kill zone of Tirad Pass, out into isles of dispute and out into the world where Filipino migrant workers earn their keep as the new heroes of a country still struggling to become the pearl it has long been called, and into the walking nightmare of a zombie apocalypse.
Welcome to the monster heart of the Pinoy soul. Come, walk the night with me.
76 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 18, 2017
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August 22, 2024
One of the best horror anthologies I've ever read. If you're a Filipino angry at everything that plagues us - imperialism, colonization, our corrupt and inefficient government - pick this one up. The blend of uniquely Filipino social commentary and Filipino mythology and folklore is incredibly interesting, not to mention cathartic.
April 24, 2021
I got the paperback copy from Book Depository......6 short story on Philippine Lore
1. Azucena: Encounter between a youthful Aswang (Suzy) and a playboy Werewolf (Matthew) - 3 stars
2. Werewolves at Tirad Pass: Again Aswang (Philippine soldiers) vs Werewolves (American Soldiers) mixed into Historical background - 2 stars
3. Sea's Reckoning: Aman Sinaya's revenge on abusers of the seas and Philippine territories - 2 stars
4. Sunset Baby: Claude (Pedophile) got his comeuppance from Juanito (a tiyanak) - 3 stars
5. Only Lightning Reaps No Vengeance: Revenge and punishment for abuses on our OFW - 4 stars
and lastly
6. To Die for You: Zombie apocalypse for the Filipino race - 4 stars
I like the idea of the author to write Philippine lore in Philippine historical settings (i.e. Abraham Lincoln Vampyre Hunter, or Pride and Prejudice Zombies-style). I also her idea of writing stories that we used to hear but wasn't written on any published books (or I'm just not familiar with regional lore)
Overall - 3 stars for me
1. Azucena: Encounter between a youthful Aswang (Suzy) and a playboy Werewolf (Matthew) - 3 stars
2. Werewolves at Tirad Pass: Again Aswang (Philippine soldiers) vs Werewolves (American Soldiers) mixed into Historical background - 2 stars
3. Sea's Reckoning: Aman Sinaya's revenge on abusers of the seas and Philippine territories - 2 stars
4. Sunset Baby: Claude (Pedophile) got his comeuppance from Juanito (a tiyanak) - 3 stars
5. Only Lightning Reaps No Vengeance: Revenge and punishment for abuses on our OFW - 4 stars
and lastly
6. To Die for You: Zombie apocalypse for the Filipino race - 4 stars
I like the idea of the author to write Philippine lore in Philippine historical settings (i.e. Abraham Lincoln Vampyre Hunter, or Pride and Prejudice Zombies-style). I also her idea of writing stories that we used to hear but wasn't written on any published books (or I'm just not familiar with regional lore)
Overall - 3 stars for me
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December 9, 2022
intriguing and engaging
As a Filipino who has lived through some of the periods specified in her anthology, I find her stories and political narratives relatable. There is an emotional and intellectual connection insofar as the socio-economic and political situations depicted in the stories, thus lending it a palpable authenticity and a shared sphere of experience with the author. I appreciate her prose, the pace of her storytelling, as well as the cultural references that tinge her stories with something that is uniquely Filipino. Hope she publishes more books along the vein of erotica and politics, the mixture of which I find intriguing and titillating and yeah, a bit intoxicating.
As a Filipino who has lived through some of the periods specified in her anthology, I find her stories and political narratives relatable. There is an emotional and intellectual connection insofar as the socio-economic and political situations depicted in the stories, thus lending it a palpable authenticity and a shared sphere of experience with the author. I appreciate her prose, the pace of her storytelling, as well as the cultural references that tinge her stories with something that is uniquely Filipino. Hope she publishes more books along the vein of erotica and politics, the mixture of which I find intriguing and titillating and yeah, a bit intoxicating.
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