“And so here it was, one of them bleak futures the Venice Biennale had flirted with in a bid to showcase the painful truths of the age.” FictionShort StoryEnd Of The WorldVenicePhilippinesFilipinoManilaOutbreakPanic On The VaporettoVenice Biennale Book:Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official Source: Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official
“He knew this was bound to happen but he kept himself at a safe distance, though he saw it come in every possible form, in trees felled to make way for new streets or cities, in chemicals that mimicked the human cells to invade the body, in every huff and puff of a CO2-emitting vehicle. What about the evil armies raised in the robotics classes of kindergarteners? What about the fake food with which the children had been fed? What about the devil winning the people’s vote on a ticket of broken promises, empty threats, and outright lies and a mission to send them straight to hell?” FictionShort StoryEnd Of The WorldVenicePhilippinesFilipinoManilaOutbreakPanic On The VaporettoVenice Biennale Book:Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official Source: Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official
“The world died in a fit of coughing, in a series of painful, breathless gasps, in a tragic symphony of wheezing and whooping.” Short StoryApocalypseEnd Of The WorldPhilippinesFilipinoSpeculative FictionDiasporaManilaFableThe Nameless Book:Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official Source: Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official
“Like flowers bursting out of buds, more of life returns and I believe more danger awaits us. But such is the nature of our life. Danger is nothing new to us. It’s a part of what we face in the day-to-day, no stranger than eating or mating or being born.” FictionShort StoryApocalypseEnd Of The WorldSan FranciscoPhilippinesDiasporaManilaThe Nameless Book:Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official Source: Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official