Tricia Marie Oliva

On Christmas Eve, a free, shattered girl and her emotionally invested "sex buddy" face their complicated feelings throughout a night of drinking, partying, and unspoken love. But she pushes him away, breaking his heart.

The childhood memories of the author, from his earliest days as a student until his first few years at work.

Two Alangan Mangyan women descend from the highlands to pursue education, facing harsh prejudice in the lowlands and turning it into a defiant testament of indigenous womanhood.

Marco, a stranger to the sea he calls home, spends his birthday with his family as he confronts the shame he has long carried beneath the waves.