OOH, A REVIEW

Manila Bulletin came out with a review of our book. Here's the bit where the writer talked about my story:

"Sam Echavez’ “A Secret Affair with Basti Artadi” definitely requires the reader to suspend disbelief. This story may well have been the most farfetched one in the whole anthology, even more farfetched than those about ghosts and encantos, as it is about a person who lives and breathes even to this day. Although the story follows a logical sequence, it is still considered fantastic as it reflects how a fan imagines her idol, as well as how she imagines herself meeting him. It is still ultimately fantasy and fiction as it is possible for these ordinary events to exist, but they simply don’t exist. Another noteworthy element of this story is that it can be categorized as fan fiction and is one of the first, if not the pioneer, to actually come out on print."

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