A heartbroken youth discovers the first woman, Maganda, in a garden. The youngest, most beautiful of ten siblings gets sold as a bride to a Tiq’Barang. A segment of the Filipino population suddenly transform to look like American celebrities. The Philippine Speculative Fiction series are anthologies that showcase the rich variety of Philippine literature: between these covers you will find magic realism next to science fiction, traditional fantasy beside slipstream, and imaginary worlds rubbing shoulders with alternate Philippine history—demonstrating that the literature of the fantastic is alive and well in the Philippines.Stories from this series have been included in the Honorable Mentions list from The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror edited by Ellen Datlow and Kelly Link & Gavin Grant.This volume includes:All the Best of Dark and Bright by Victoria Isabel YapThe Scrap Collectors by Arlynn DespiEast of the Sun by Dean AlfarThe Changes by Benito VergaraNever Land by Mo FranciscoChasers by Chris MarianoThe Call of the Chained God by Dariel QuiogueOblation by Paolo ChikiamcoThe Love Spell by Edmond Julian dela CernaSarsarita Time by Melissa SipinThe Dragon's Orb by Vincent SimbulanAll That We May See by Kenneth YuFaith in Fiction by James Constantino BautistaThe Day Nostalgia Swept Over a Town by F. Jordan CarniceWhat You See by Ian CasocotPet by Kristine Ong MuslimThe Little Things the Datu Did by Andrew DrilonThe Commute to Paradiso by Charles TanWhat the Body Remembers by Tin Laousername: tanglaw by Eliza VictoriaThe Likeness of God by Crystal KooThe Nature of Apocalypse by Joseph MontecilloBastard Sword by Nikki AlfarMother of Monsters by Philip Corpuz