A young tikbalang auditions at the country's largest TV station; a priest travels the universe to officiate sacraments in outer space; a murdered girl returns unscathed to the home of her perpetrators. Magical realism, fantasy, science fiction, slipstream, and horror share the spotlight in the Philippine Speculative Fiction series, courtesy of the Filipino imagination.

A commanding force for Southeast Asian speculative fiction, THE INFINITE LIBRARY AND OTHER STORIES reimagines the pasts, presents, and futures of Filipinos and the world around them. This first North American edition features a never-before-anthologized story. "Fantastic and lyrical, like glimpses into the infinite potential of the universe."-Ken Liu, author of THE PAPER MENAGERIE AND OTHER STORIES Shortlisted for the 2018 International Rubery Book Award. Making his North American debut, Victor Fernando R. Ocampo in The Infinite Library and Other Stories shows why Southeast Asian speculative fiction is a force to be reckoned with. From a mysteriously timeless interior of a map shop to a space elevator thousands of miles away from the metropole, these 18 stories masterfully straddle manifold layers of Filipino history, identity, and mythology, reconstructing the past and conjuring new futures for the nation and region at large. Ocampo's transnational consciousness brilliantly navigates class, colonialism, and gender in formal experimentations of winning ingenuity. Threaded by the motif of libraries and books, this deliciously enigmatic and labyrinthine collection showcases the infinite power of imagination to mend and make anew.

Filipinos and Chinese authors have a rich, vibrant literature when it comes to speculative fiction, the realms of the strange and fantastical. But what about the fiction of the Filipino-Chinese, who draw their roots from the folklore of both cultures? This is what Lauriat attempts to answer. Featuring stories that deal with voyeur ghosts, taboo lovers, a town that cannot sleep, the Chinese zodiac, and an exile that finally comes home, Lauriat covers a diverse selection of narratives from fresh, Southest Asian voices.

Mecha diwata, skeletal romance, the doom of a superhero, loss that transcends time and space - Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 11 showcases horror, fantasy, science fiction, and more; the past intertwining with the future; and narratives interspersed with wonder and melancholy - demonstrating the rich variety of speculative fiction in the Philippines.

The landmark tenth volume of what has been called "e;one of the most important projects to come out of the contemporary writing generation"e;, Philippine Speculative Fiction 10 features stories from the genres of fantasy, horror, science fiction while blurring the boundaries of everything in between, with stories from new as well as established Filipino authors.

The mysteries and marvels of the science fiction world are brought to life in this compilation of stories representing the work of major authors in this field.

A supernatural basketball superstar; An expert on interspecies dating and marriage counselor to the peculiar; A girl in a Muslim empire engineering a pair of mechanical wings. Meet these characters, and more, in this volume of Philippine Speculative Fiction, featuring stories from the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and horror.