The And That Was
By Mia Tijam
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The and That Wasis an archipelago of words: lush and mountainous in parts, civilized veneer in others, almost all of it seemingly born from instances when the forces within could no longer be restrained. The thing about archipelagos is to not view them as chains of islands, but as the space that envelops them.
That is collection contains.
The land. The culture. The rustic and the urban, religious and heretical. The fractures. The spaces. The cities without dragons…
The Fairy Tale Reality of the Philippines …
Where the end began and begins again …
The wishes that point to what we should have wished. These stories contain–and release. And so do you.
Press
"...Mia Tijam’s fiction mixes daily life with divine imagination to render dark, weird, and beautiful stories. A unique vision. Don't miss this one."
– Jeffrey Ford, Shirley Jackson Award, Nebula Award, and World Fantasy Award-winning author
"Absolutely wonderful ... a luminous debut that announces the arrival of a major voice... Tijam is a writer of uncommon power, insight and humanity."
– Junot Diaz, author of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Award-winning, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
"Mia Tijam's stories come from a place of memory and study that reminds Filipino readers of who and what we are; and more, it introduces non-Filipino readers to the hidden psyche of our culture. Her voice is proudly of the Philippines, and her type of speculative fiction does not shirk from telling her tales in a distinct voice and language, unafraid to touch on subjects that may be challenging and difficult."
– Kenneth Yu, publisher of Philippine Genre Stories and author of Mouths to Speak, Voices to Sing and The Greatest Fight of Sunny Granada and Other Stories