[Outpouring 01] • Outpouring: Typhoon Yolanda Relief Anthology

On November 7, 2013, Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan), the strongest storm ever recorded to make landfall, hit the Visayas region of the Philippines, devastating the provinces of Samar and Leyte. The storm claimed over 6,000 lives and leveled entire towns and cities. A few days after the storm, writer Dean Francis Alfar issued a call asking other writers to contribute stories for an anthology, the proceeds of which will go to the Philippine Red Cross. "Here then is the final result, an anthology of different stories by authors you’d never expect to share a same table of contents," says Alfar. "A number are by well-established writers, bristling with previous publications. A few are first publications. What these stories have in common, besides being well-written and engaging, is that they are all present because of the kindness of spirit of their authors. In the midst of catastrophe, I knew that my country did not stand alone."

Table of Contents:

“The Wordeaters” by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz

“Invisible Empire of Ascending Light” by Ken Scholes

“The Photograph” by Veronica Montes

“A Moment in Time” by Charie D. La Marr

“A Gentlemen's Agreement” by Susan S.Lara

“X” by Karissa Chen

“Cunning Syncronicity” by Berrien C. Henderson

“Godsend” by Joel Pablo Salud

“Ondoy” by Laura McPhee-Browne

“Rescuing the Rain God” by Kate Osias

“The Wish Head” by Jeffrey Ford

“Flash Forward” by Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

“Where Sky and Sea Meet” by Dan Campbell

“Arrow” by Barry King

“Finding Those Who Are Lost” by Celestine Trinidad

“Synchronicity” by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo

“We're All Stories in the End” by Matthew J. Rogers

“Silverio and the Eidolon” by Vincent Michael Simbulan

“Tinkerers” by Jay Wilburn

“Finding” by David B. Ramirez

“Ikan Berbudi (Wise Fish)” by Jason Erik Lundberg

“Pilar Escheverria” by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

“Scraps” by Michael Haynes

“Freeborn in the City of Fallacies” by Andrew Drilon

“Storm Warning” by Lilian Csernica

“The Nameless Ones” by Gabriela Lee

“Whispers” by Grant J. McMaster

“Highway Run” by Alexander Marcos Osias

“Black Sun” by Todd Nelsen

“Life at the Lake's Shore” by Alex Shvartsman

“Aliens” by Fiona Mae Villamor

“Little Italy” by Isa Lorenzo

“Discipline” by Rebecca McFarland Kyle

“Unmaking” by Julie C. Day

“Fresh Fruit” by Yvette Tan

“The Sparrows of Climaco Avenue” by Kenneth Yu

“Gellen's Retirement Plan” by Tim Sullivan

“When We Were Witches” by Nikki Alfar

“All the Little Gods We Are” by John Grant

“Tuba Knight” by Cesar Miguel G. Escaño