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The Ghost in my Cousin’s Red Dress (Part I of ABQ’s Timeless Ghost Series)

Pusuan Mo: An Anthology of Literary Works for Millennials

Poem For Buwan ng Wika

A Literary Criticism of Sionil Jose’s Tong

Ferns Grow in Purgatory

Short Story for Children (Nat, the Fish Charmer)

Inspirational Quotations

The Dreamer Meets the Giver

Thoughtless

Imagine this Brilliant (advocacy poem)

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