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Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat the bone maker Eklor a corrupt magician who created an inhuman army using animal bones. But victory came at a tragic price. Only four of the heroes survived. Since then, Kreya, the group’s leader, has exiled herself to a remote tower and devoted herself to one purpose: resurrecting her dead husband. But such a task requires both a cache of human bones and a sacrifice for each day he lives, she will live one less. She’d rather live one year with her husband than a hundred without him, but using human bones for magic is illegal in Vos. The dead are burned as are any bone workers who violate the law. Yet Kreya knows where she can find the bones she needs: the battlefield where her husband and countless others lost their lives. But defying the laws of the land exposes a terrible possibility. Maybe the dead don’t rest in peace after all. Five warriors one broken, one gone soft, one pursuing a simple life, one stuck in t
Why Isabel Yap keeps coming back to fan fiction
Written by Oliver Emocling
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endIndex: In her debut story collection “Never Have I Ever,” Isabel Yap borrows from mythology and fan fiction conventions to craft narratives that remind readers of their humanity. Portrait by MEG WHITTENBERGER
In my conversation with the U.S.-based Filipino writer Isabel Yap, I found myself confessing to not pursuing personal writing projects. That all I could do after a long day of work is watch an episode of the volleyball anime “Haikyuu.”
“I love Haikyuu!” she says.
Yap, who is currently juggling writing (both fiction and her occasional Substack posts on her practice) and product management at a start-up in California, started watching “Haikyuu” during the second year of her MBA program at Harvard Business School a period where she had to grapple for time to write.
The light of art, shining through the cold: Online arts series for February and March
Veteran musicians James Argiro and Karrin Allyson will talk about their experiences Feb. 14 as part of CitySpace’s winter art series “Four Virtual Nights on the Town.” Image courtesy CitySpace
On Feb. 11, Amherst storyteller Eshu Bumpus helps kick off “Winter Chautaqua,” an online arts series produced by Laurel Park Arts. PAUL FRANZ/Gazette file photo
Motoko Dworkin of Amherst shares the stage with Eshu Bumpus, above, as she brings her storytelling skills to the the Feb. 11 opening event of “Winter Chautaqua.” Gazette file photo
Valley pecussionist Tony Vacca performs Feb. 25 as part of “Winter Chautaqua,” an online arts series produced by Laurel Park arts. Gazette file photo
âMidnight In A Perfect Worldâ director Dodo Dayao: âGenre films give you aesthetic wiggle room to literalise impossible ideasâ
The Filipino filmmaker talks putting a different spin on stale horror tropes, not spoon-feeding the viewer and more
Jasmine Curtis Smith in Midnight In A Perfect World. Credit: Geric Cruz
Heâs the toast of Manilaâs independent horror cinema, but for Dodo Dayao, the dreaded sophomore slump was as debilitating as the unspeakable spooks heâs projected to the screen. After the critical success of his 2014 debut feature
Violator â which won Best Film at Cinema One Originals â the filmmaker set out to do something âas far away from it as possibleâ. And when an attempt at such started fizzling out, he says, âI was in a mild state of panic.â