My name is Silas. I work as a night-shift supervisor at a logistics hub in Davao. My life is a cycle of barcodes, shipping containers, and the blue light of my phone. For five years, my world has revolved around a girl named Kaelie who lives six h...
My name is Ethan. I work as an accountant for a firm in Ortigas. My life is lived in numbers—everything has to balance, everything has to have a place. But no matter how I crunch the data, the math of my relationship with Nicole never adds u...
My name is Marlon. I’m twenty-eight, and if you asked me three years ago who I was, I would’ve told you I was a mountain biker and a semi-pro gamer. I had a group of guys I rode with every Saturday morning in Rizal, and every Sunday ni...
My name is Kenji. I work as a freelance graphic designer in Pasig, which is a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing because I control my own hours, but it’s a curse because I’ve used that freedom to turn myself into a ghost that ...
My name is Julian. I’m a data analyst for a logistics firm in Makati. My entire life is built around patterns, trends, and predicting outcomes based on small shifts in information. I’m paid to see what isn't there, and unfortunately, I...
My name is Arturo. I work as a floor supervisor for a BPO company in Cebu. In my line of work, I’m paid to listen to people’s problems and find solutions. I’m good at it—I have the patience of a saint and a voice that stays...
My name is Benny. I’m thirty-two, and I work in IT support for a firm in Mandaluyong. My friends call me "The Ghost" because I have this habit of disappearing right when the night is getting good. We’ll be at a bar in Poblacion, the bu...
My name is Grant. I work as a high school counselor in Seattle, so you’d think I’d be an expert at managing emotions—especially my own. But for the last five years, I’ve been failing the most important test of my life. I&r...
My name is Rolando. I’m the store manager for one of the biggest supermarket chains in Quezon City. People look at my barong and my radio and think I’m the "big boss" of the floor, but the truth is I’m just a servant to a dream t...
My name is Julian. I’m a surgical resident at a hospital in Chicago. People look at the white coat and the MD after my name and think I’ve got it all figured out. They think I’m part of the elite, the kind of guy who has his pick...
My name is Cody. I’ve been a mechanic at a shop in Austin, Texas, for about twelve years now. I’m better with an engine than I am with people. My hands are always stained with grease, and I’ve got a permanent scar on my forearm f...
My name is Grant. I’ve been doing concrete and framing work around Seattle for fifteen years. I’m not much for talking—most of the guys on the crew know me as the one who keeps his head down and gets the pour right the first time...
My name is Reece. I’m a high school teacher in Adelaide, and I’ve never been good at putting my feelings into words. I’m just an ordinary guy who fell for a girl way out of his league, and I ended up losing everything trying ...
My name is Tobias. I’m not a writer or a storyteller. I’m a guy who works with his hands in a warehouse in Columbus, Ohio, and most days, I’m too tired to even think about "plots." But I’m writing this because I need to...
My name is Desmond, and I am a master of the background. In the high-pressure world of Chicago’s theater scene, everyone wants the spotlight. But for the last three years, I’ve been perfectly content in the wings, dressed in black, in...
