gratitude for 2014

I’m thankful for this year, despite the storms, the world’s tragedies, the bone-weariness caused by city living.

Let me share some photos I forgot to post here.

On Nov. 22, we attended the Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 9 Launch Party and the National Book Awards.

The PSF launch was held at Shangri-La CBTL, hosted by Dean Francis Alfar. Here’s J pretending to be someone else.

Flashback! An hour before that we bumped into fellow writers, beauties Elyss and Tin, and sat down for lunch at Duck & Buvette.

I really loved their food.

So right after the launch we had to run to the Marble Hall of the National Museum for the National Book Awards.

With Ricky de Ungria, Poetry Award Winner for his book, M’Mwry Wire.

My book on display.

While I was in Batanes, J won a Netrunner Tourney!

And here I am with people from work, enjoying our Christmas dinner.

My 2014, in stories —

Dwellers, published by Visprint https://elizavictoria.com/books

“The Missing.” Maximum Volume: Best New Filipino Fiction 2014, Feb. 28, 2014.

“Glass Jar.” Interactive story hosted on Philome.la, July 10, 2014.http://www.philome.la/elizawriteshere/glass-jar/play

“Remembrance.” Alternative Alamat (Print Edition), July 25, 2014.

“When I die, I want you to have all of my stuff.” Interactive story hosted on Philome.la, July 29, 2014. http://philome.la/…/when-i-die-i-want-you-to-have-all-…/play

“1:40 AM.” Daily Science Fiction, Aug. 8, 2014.http://dailysciencefiction.com/…/time…/eliza-victoria/140-am

“Morning (‘She waved but the child’)”
“Morning (‘She folds the sheets’)”
“Note to – (‘The terrifying thing about this is’)”
“Note to – (‘You will reach across the distance’)”
“Certainty”
Kritika Kultura, August 31, 2014. http://kritikakultura.ateneo.net/…/literary-sect…/five-poems

“Deliver Us.” Philippine Speculative Fiction 9, October 9, 2014.

And some acceptances that will see the light of day next year.

Happy Holidays!