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Reading the Special Christmas Issue of The Digest of Philippine Genre Stories

Cover of PGS Special Christmas Issue 2007
I bought my copy of the Special Christmas Issue of PGS today. (Yes, booksellers do buy from themselves.) I think it is easy to read (and like) Christmas stories, maybe because they are about a day that is familiar and memorable to most of us. I wonder if it was also easier for the writers to write Christmas stories given that there is a set premise and situation to work with.

My favorite from this issue was The Magic Christmas Box by MRR Arcega. What made MRR Arcega’s story the best for me was that it had just the right Christmas-sy feel to it. It had unfortunate circumstances, a journey of discovery, wishes granted, a happy coincidence, and a sweet ending. I’m just one of those people who thinks that at the end of a Christmas story, the reader should be smiling. :)

An excerpt:

“This box can take you to that year’s Christmas,” the old man said, sounding completely convinced of what he was saying. “You can live this day over, as many years as you want.”The boy stared at the old man. The old man stared back. The boy was quite sure the old man wasn’t insane, because he’d seen insane and it was nothing like this.

I also enjoyed Dominique Cimafranca’s Twilight of the Magi which stars the Three Wise Men of the Nativity story as three magical wise men. Of course, one of my favorite genre stories for the holidays is also a story of the magi — a story by prolific mystery writer Edward D. Hoch which you can find online here.

Congratulations to Kenneth for publishing 21 stories through PGS in 2007. He wanted to encourage Filipinos to read more and write more and he actually did something about it. We hope to see more stories from PGS in 2008! Let’s make sure PGS continues to give us stories by our local authors. PGS:Special Christmas Issue is now available at the store.

This entry was posted on Friday, December 28th, 2007 at 1:58 AM and filed under Bookselling Adventures, Announcements.
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