Vicente Gracia Groyon work's :

 

This is a work of fiction, but in writing this novel, the author consulted numerous sources for information on the history of Negros. The first sentence of the book grabs you: “The fact is: George Torrecarion went crazy.”

In his first collection of short stories, award-winning Vicente Garcia Groyon brings together characters discovering sinister truths lurking beneath the surfaces of the worlds they inhabit. A boy and his sister keep a grisly secret to preserve their way of life. A woman of a certain age entertains impure thoughts about a teenager. A young man in a ménage à trois simmers his loneliness into violence. A teacher struggles to break through the codes of secrecy that bind men. A genteel society boy confronts envy, lust and malice, and finds them emanating from himself. Written between 1989 and 2004, these stories trace the boundaries between grace and sin, baring our human capacity for both

 Sa ating nakababalisang buhay ngayon, sino'ng may panahon para magbasa?

'Buti na lang, narito na ang napakaikling istorya, ang tinatawag na mga "sudden fiction" at "flash fiction." Sa loob ng isa hanggang tatlong pahina, nailalarawan nito ang isang mundong kumpleto, masalimuot, at kaakit-akit. Mababasa ito sa loob ng ilang minuto lamang, ngunit ang mga minutong ito'y hindi kukupas sa isip ng mambabasa.

Narito ang 30 sa mga sukdulang kuwentong paspasan sa Filipino.

 In these hectic times, who has time to read? Fortunately for all of us, the short, short story, sometimes called “sudden fiction” and “flash fiction”, is here. In one to three pages, these stories render complete, complex, and engaging worlds. They can be read in only a few minutes, but those minutes may linger in the reader’s mind forever. Here are 41 of the best short, short stories in English in the country today