As a finalist at this year’s Philippines Free Press Literary Awards, this story has a chance to win. Not sure if it will, but being shortlisted is already an honor.
I wonder how that will go at the awarding. Will all the finalists be made to stand onstage and hold hands? Will we be given a chance to cry? Can we put our hands over our mouths and shriek when another person’s name is called? Can we hug each other but secretly think ‘You bitch, that crown should have been mine’?Tell me, is there going to be a suspenseful drumroll? GASP.
Oh, you’re still here. How kind of you.
Anyway, here’s “An Abduction by Mermaids”. Special thanks to Katt, who read it first.
Hope you enjoy it.
P.S. My poem, “Storytellers” is now up on elimae. Click on the link to read.
Okay, back to the story. :D
Eliza Victoria 