FUBARgenre: The Genre of Fubar

The ocean is my music. It sings its song in a voice that is as desultory as it is methodical, as poignant as it is arrogant, as tranquil as it is furious. It taunts me as I watch its graceful dance through the glass walls that guard me. It grieves at the vast emptiness that confines me. It lashes out at the darkness that imprisons me. It weeps at the wounds that incarcerate me. The ocean is my friend. And it alone knows me.

Tourists visit Moalboal for its excellent diving haunts.
Today, the streets of this rustic town are teeming with foreigners. Kids pause and stare at the white strangers, mesmerized by the daring display of skin. Women shove baskets of fish to the visitors. Eager for a dollar, a woman offers her son as a gofer, [...]

I submitted this to WritingCompetition.com and it actually won something (it’s not Palanca, but well). This is a short short story (less than 250 words) based on an opening line provided (”So now, it’s finally over.”)
Quarter Past Midnight
circa July 2004
So now, it’s finally over.
She knows this because her eyes are starting to focus. The [...]

I used to write for a now defunct inter-university paper that was also a monthly supplement for the national broadsheet Today. [Few remember that magazine, and the ones who do probably wrote for the publication at one point or the other. Oh, well.]
As Section Editor, I occasionally wrote the magazine’s We Said column, a [...]

The following was a requirement for my “Creative Writing: Fiction II” (advanced fiction). This is flash fiction, or short short prose. My teacher was Third Paran. He gave me a flat one (or an A+) for my final grade, and I felt pretty smug. But a year after we graduated, he became involved with my [...]

The following short story was a requirement for my Creative Writing: Fiction class in UP Dil. I’m posting the original draft, plus one of the subsequent revisions (also required). Take your pick (I actually like the first one better). Mia, by the way, is a character based on the real Mia. The voice, on the [...]

I thought I should start by posting some of my old works, circa late 90s and early millennium. Back when I thought I could be a serious writer, I actually came up with some pretty good stuff (though none that particularly made me proud). I’m fishing for comments, so feel free to rip my work [...]