PASSWORD
by Abigail C. James

A secret account. A lost boy. A chronically online man. A dance. A promise. Choices that can't be undone.

In Password and Other Works, lives intertwine and unravel across Northern Mindanao. In an internet cafe on Pabayo Street, a curious girl logs into a dummy account and stumbles onto something irreversible. A young abused boy is uprooted from his Bukidnon home by his mother, only to find himself lost and lonelier than before. A man obsesses over his devices, desperate for connection. At a baile set in 1980s Cagayan de Oro, two girlhood friends share a dance that lingers longer than either of them expects. A young albularya faces the ghosts of her past, forcing her to choose between an inherited duty to her rural community and the allure of a life in an expanding city with her childhood love.

These five stories trace the fragile boundaries between connection and loss, tradition and change, truth and the lies we tell ourselves to survive.

ISBN: 978-621-96954-1-1

Language: Cebuano-Binisaya, English

Dimensions: 20.5 x 14.3 x 0.6 cm (approx.)

Weight (in grams): 84 grams