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The Queer Executioner by Patrice Marco - 3½

Ang Bata Sa Kanto Ng Avenida by Rovi Yuno - 4

Miracle of a Day by Arjay Javier - 3½

Incorrigible by Dalisay Diaz - 2½

Rewind by BX - 3½

Grabe sya.

Toy Soldier by Michael Juha - 4

Pasabog agad. Jusko.

I like Miracle of a Day. It's not so "happy", but it's "interesting."

Ganoon ba talaga ang tao minsan? Sa sobrang pagnanais mo minsan na maging maayos ang mga bagay ng ayon sa gusto mo, kahit na mali, dededmahin mo. Just so you could have your happiness? Just so you could live the life you've always wanted to have? Pathetic. #Apir

Story #6 - ANG BATA SA KANTO NG AVENIDA by Rovi Yuno. Hands down, this is the best story in this anthology. I think the publisher knows this by putting this last in this book. The use of butterfly as a metaphor is just brilliant. Unforgettable. (5 stars)

sa wakas natapos kong basahin :)

Story #5 - THE QUEER EXECUTION by Patrice Marco. Wow! True to what Patrice wrote in his intro, this is similar to Margaret Atwood's THE HANDMAID'S TALE (perspective of a woman) and George Orwell's 1984 (man's perspective). This time, Patrice has their counterparts: perspective of a gay man. And it flies! It flies! I did not know that Patrice Marco can write as lucid and engaging as this. (4 stars). Way to go!

the queer execution, patrice marco.

Story #4 - MIRACLE IN A DAY by Arjay Javier. The first story that does not have graphic homosexual set act. There's just a simple kiss and it did not make this story an odd man out. Rather, this gave the book the needed respite from being an all out erotic book. I hope the next issue of the anthology has more of this so that more straight men and women will not hesitate buying this book. Well-written one (5 stars).