I have come to tell my stories
I haven't written a short story for several weeks because I was busy with my writing gigs. I told my clients that I don't work on the weekends. So here I am, doing absolutely nothing. When I am not trying to be logical (like at work), I just let my mind wander while doing menial… Continue reading The Housekeeper
I wasn't planning on writing today. I was taking it easy on the sofa with a Netflix film on pause, a half-finished pizza and chicken-wing bones on a plate beside me, while surfing the cesspool of social media and bracing for the incoming violent typhoon (another story brewing in my mind); then a scary story… Continue reading Margaret Hill
This story has been forming in my head last Saturday night when I was doing the dishes. But some stories take some time before they grow organically and take a life of their own. Some stories simmer a little bit longer than others. And then the plot reveals itself little by little as I am… Continue reading Like a Fish out of Water
I decided to write today and this story formed in my mind while I was fixing breakfast for myself. I've always been drawn to write about human struggles and everyday life; how one seemingly inconsequential event could have a domino effect in our lives. The story presented itself to me as the story of a… Continue reading In the Sweltering Heat of Summer
When I was a kid, one of my aunts told me this story, which they experienced when she was younger. She was not the type who liked telling scary stories and making things up and I think that’s what made it scary for me. I weaved some fiction in it to make the story more… Continue reading A Provincial Tale
Just this morning, I felt like writing a short horror story since Halloween is near. Stephen King and Shirley Jackson are two writers of horror that I admired while growing up. When I read Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” in high school, I was so disturbed that I kept thinking about it for days. I always… Continue reading The Tenant Upstairs
During this pandemic, I haven't written anything here that falls under my usual category of work, save for one. And I wrote it with much trepidation because I didn't want to sow seeds of anxiety in an already anxious society. Since the lockdown happened, I've been writing on my journal, for my eyes only, because… Continue reading An Ostensible Cheerfulness
I came upon this docudrama the day after I decided to cut down on my social media screen time. Being under quarantine and having no choice but to stay at home as much as possible, we sometimes turn to social media for entertainment and connection. Sometimes you look up from your screen and realize that… Continue reading Docudrama Review: The Social Dilemma (2020)
I realize that I've been late to the party since the fourth series of Sherlock was released last 2017 and the fifth series is still under way. Although according to rumor mills, the reason why the fifth series is taking a while is because of a rift between Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange, The Current War)… Continue reading Series Review: Sherlock (Series 1-4, 2010-2017)
This film is one of those abysmally frustrating ones that traverse the protagonist's minds and would sometimes leave the viewers wondering, even after the end credits start to roll, on what it was all about.
