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Angelo R. Lacuesta
A small town in the southern Philippines, run for generations by a dynastic political family, is shaken by a series of gruesome and mysterious killings: first of dogs, and then of random townspeople—village elders, a barangay captain, the mayor’s driver. Social media spreads reports that a strange creature has been behind the murders and panic is spread around the town.
The young mayor’s wife, Marta, notices something no one in town has noticed: the creature’s victims are all men. As Marta delves deeper into the creature’s history, she discovers many dark secrets that will unravel the dark, twisted mystery of the town—and the strange creature terrorizing its citizens.
978-971-828-159-8
Category: Fiction/Folk Horror
Language: English
Copyright Year: 2025
Weight & Dimensions: TBD kg, 5” x 8”
Pages: TBD
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Angelo R. Lacuesta is a fictionist and novelist who also writes screenplays and essays. He has won many awards for his writing, among them several Philippine National Book Awards, Palanca Memorial Awards, Philippines Graphic Awards, and the inaugural Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award. As a fictionist, he is also widely anthologized and translated across the world. He is president of the Philippine Centre of PEN (Poets, Essayists, Novelists) International. His most recent book is the novel ,Joy, published by Penguin Random House SEA in 2022. In 2024 he wrote and produced the film, AN ERRAND, based on a short story he wrote, for the Cinemalaya Film Festival, one of Asia’s most prestigious independent film festivals. The film has been selected for its “Bright Future” section by the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025.