Engkantong Cuyonon

Magic is never far from Filipino life.

Faced with the latest bizarreries of our day-to-day lives, the most rational skeptic will throw up their hands and attribute these mysteries to engkanto, aswang, kulam, and so on. Are they being dismissive, or are they acknowledging the possibility that these weird beliefs may contain a grain of truth?

The beliefs may be pure fancy, but their consequences are real.

Engkantong Cuyonon merges a contemporary story of fractured families, lost children, and sibling loyalty with elements of Filipino myth and legend. It asks the reader to imagine that the fearsome creatures of folklore are not super-powered entities but individuals much like ourselves, under constant threat from the destruction of nature and the greed and ineptitude of the powerful.

A delightful read, in whose brave and persistent young heroine many readers may recognize themselves.