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 [...]
