Lois Illeana Marie Lu

Where the Queer Birds Sing

The first time Kate saw it was on a sunny June afternoon. She ascended the ten-step staircase to her room, ears burning red from her mother’s relentless criticism of her “reckless behavior,” yet the wooden floorboards barely creaked under the…

Kasabihang Kutsero, Ibuking!

Mula sa labas ay payak kung mailalarawan ang aming tahanan; pinagtagpi-tagping bato at yero ang tanging pundasyon, at nakapaskil na ukit ng umula’t umaraw na panahon sa dingding naming tila kwadro ng kalikasan. Gayunpaman, bagamat kulang sa palamuti, ay napupunan…