In a coffee shop in Makati, three strangers cross paths on what may be the last day of the world. In an apartment in Paris, unfriendly dinner guests wait for a frozen leg of lamb to cook. Jude, allegedly the smartest kid in the room, discovers that a high IQ is no guarantee of survival. An actress with the face of an angel and the talent of a brown paper bag considers her rapidly dwindling options. Sociopaths, spies, aspiring golddiggers, heiresses on the run and advertising executives wrongly hunted for murder find themselves on the same train. The neighbors keep missing each other in an apartment building that messes with the space-time continuum. A porn star turned religious fundamentalist preaches on the bus while a tarot card reader battles possession by a demonic dwarf. These are some of the people who populate The Stories So Far, only the second collection of short stories by Jessica Zafra. You don’t have to let them in your house, but you can meet them right here.
Author
Jessica Zafra (born 1965) is a fiction writer, columnist, editor, publisher and former television and radio show host. She is known for her sharp and witty writing style. Her most popular books are the Twisted series, a collection of her essays as a columnist for newspaper Today (now Manila Standard Today), as well as from her time as editor and publisher of the magazine Flip. She currently writes a weekly column for The Philippine Star which is called, Emotional Weather Report. She resides in Metro Manila, Philippines, where she is working on her first novel. She also managed the Eraserheads during the 90's. Her work often are about current events (both Philippine and international), tennis, movies, music, cats, books, technology and her personal life. Her work has been the subject of academic study. The main ingredient to her work is often fun cynicism and irony. Find out more about her here.
