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I’m a Filipina-American science fiction novelist since 2000. Born and raised in the States, I returned to the Philippines for college and haven’t left since (except for a year in North Africa). I have dozens of manuscripts to transform into books, comics, and animations. Thanks for visiting! Enjoy the site! -I.R.

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My Blogs

Nov 13, 2024
Reviving Old Projects
Recently I went back to grad school and my classmates found out about what I write. After a bit of encouragement, I’ve decided to spend some free time (when not bogged down with assignments and thesis preparations) to review and revise an old story that I blazed twelve chapters into back in 2006 – A… View Article
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Jun 12, 2024
Philippine Independence
Every 12th of June, crowds mass at Luneta Park around the tallest flagpole in the country (if I recall my facts correctly). The Philippine flag, a massive thing, is raised there, and it is an inspiring sight. I wasn’t there today, but my friends were. And my heart was there, or in spirit they say…. View Article
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Aug 26, 2023
How to Recharge
When I’ve been staring at a screen for too long, it helps me to close my laptop and focus on something else for a while. Something that makes my hands move in ways besides typing. Rest my brain a little but exercise a different part of it with a puzzle or an art project. Or… View Article
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Support Me

Putting ink to page requires coffee. Hiring illustrators and animators requires fund-raising. If you want to see the next stage of my work, buy me a coffee or more on Ko-Fi! Patreon to be calibrated at a later date. Many thanks and daghang salamat, y'all!
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Available Works

Hunting the Rememberer: Chimera Anamnesis
Synopsis: Mina is a Filipina-American anthropology student at the University of the Philippines by day, but when summoned by TelePathic Dream, she is Mince, a veteran of the secretive Group abroad, arnis instructor to the new recruits and one of the four Elites in the Philippines. When a shapeshifter appears and ruins a Group experiment, she and her team must hunt the shapeshifter before it kills everyone she’s ever taught. Format: 81,000+ word Philippine science fiction novel
Hunting the Rememberer: Chimera Anamnesis
Synopsis: Mina is a Filipina-American anthropology student at the University of the Philippines by day, but when summoned by TelePathic Dream, she is Mince, a veteran of the secretive Group abroad, arnis instructor to the new recruits and one of the four Elites in the Philippines. When a shapeshifter appears and ruins a Group experiment, she and her team must hunt the shapeshifter before it kills everyone she’s ever taught. Format: 81,000+ word Philippine science fiction novel
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SCRAMBLE
Originally written in the summer of 2005 to be filmed by a group of friends around Memphis. Re-typed October 2020, with minor revisions. To be considered for animation at a later date. Synopsis: A team of semi-powered teenagers who work for a secret alien group must contain an escaped alien experiment that is running bloody around Memphis, Tennessee, in 2024. Format: Six 15-minute episodes, plus two one-minute teasers.
SCRAMBLE
Originally written in the summer of 2005 to be filmed by a group of friends around Memphis. Re-typed October 2020, with minor revisions. To be considered for animation at a later date. Synopsis: A team of semi-powered teenagers who work for a secret alien group must contain an escaped alien experiment that is running bloody around Memphis, Tennessee, in 2024. Format: Six 15-minute episodes, plus two one-minute teasers.
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A Thousand and One Ways to Destroy the World
Written 2006-2007, I did not continue this story as current events are too depressing for more. Synopsis: A highly advanced and overpopulated planet destroys itself through a war over the existence of God. Format: Unfinished novel. Twelve of 60 chapters were completed. Previously published on fictionpress.com.
A Thousand and One Ways to Destroy the World
Written 2006-2007, I did not continue this story as current events are too depressing for more. Synopsis: A highly advanced and overpopulated planet destroys itself through a war over the existence of God. Format: Unfinished novel. Twelve of 60 chapters were completed. Previously published on fictionpress.com.
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