Part 1
by Karl R. De Mesa
illustrated by Gani Simpliciano
There are hands in my pockets pulling at my spine
Eggs-bearing insects hatching in my mind
The stones in my shoes get sharper all the time
In this toxic underbelly, in the carcass of these time
~Death In Vegas, “Soul Auctioneer”
Tags: Gani Simpliciano, Karl R. de Mesa
These are the Filipino horrors: the garden-variety demons from hell with plastic forks and spongy tails, the ones in your head that come out to play at midnight, the spirits that make up most of your lives like a Frankenstein monster. We're letting out all of these things that haunt our days in 2010.
“Demons of the New Year: Horror from the Philippines, edited by Joseph Nacino & Karl de Mesa” is published electronically to make this collection of stories available to a wider international audience. Through this anthology we will be able to show the world that the Filipino writer can create horrors that can scare with the best of them.
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Demons of the New Year