Tricia Marie Oliva

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.