Category: ysa’s writing
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those who live: a novella
Annette Reyes thinks that she’s mostly content with her life. Mostly. But after a ghost hunter and an exorcist move in with her at the dawn of a pandemic, Annette and her new roommates must get used to living with each other and navigate the general pains of adulthood—including loss.
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a closer look at the representation of memory in one! hundred! demons!
When I first started reading One! Hundred! Demons by Lynda Barry, I knew instantly that it was going to be special. Perhaps it was the scrapbook-like art style, which drew my child self in like a moth to a flame. Perhaps it was the fact that Barry is half-Filipino–I was glad to read any kind…
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eggs and lumpia: a short story
Penny fumbles to turn on the stove. She’s not used to the touch screen buttons yet, accustomed to the knobs of her own gas stove in her apartment, but she’s determined to learn. “L’a!” she calls out, putting a pan over the stove. “How would you like your eggs?”
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