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Daddy

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Tanggap na ni Ryan ang pagiging may edad na single. Pero isang gabi, napadpad siya sa CR ng isang MRT station at nabulabog ang buhay niya:
Matatanggap ba niyang maging isang daddy?

56 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2025

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Chuckberry J. Pascual

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Si Chuckberry J. Pascual ay isang Pilipinong manunulat ng mga maikling kuwento at dula. Siya ay pinanganak at lumaki sa Malabon, laki sa lola dahil sa parehong OFW ang kanyang mga magulang. Sa kanyang paglaki, nakasanayan niya ang bahaan, mga palengkeng parating may murang seafood, at saka ang amoy ng Malabon na malansa (na siyang sabi naman ng mga hindi tagaroon). Siya ay kasalukuyang nakatira pa rin sa Malabon pero tinuturing niya din ang sarili bilang taga-Santa Rosa, Laguna.

Siya ay nagtapos ng kolehiyo sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas - Diliman (UP) bilang cum laude sa kursong BA Malikhaing Pagsulat noong 2003, nagkamit ng MA sa Araling Pilipino (Kasaysayan at Panitikan) noong 2008, at kasalukuyang kumukuha ng PhD sa Malikhaing Pagsulat simula Abril 2009. Ilan sa mga parangal at pagkilalang kanyang natanggap ay ang pagiging fellow sa Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas, Ateneo, at UP National Writers' Workshops, at siya rin ay kasapi ng KULITI, isang lipon ng mga kabataang manunulat. Katatapos niya lang magturo ng Filipino sa klaseng regular at pandangal sa Ateneo de Manila High School.

Bata pa lang ay mahilig ng magbasa si Chuckberry J. Pascual. Nagdo-drowing siya dati ng mga sarili niyang bersyon ng komik novels sa isang buong intermediate pad. Sa kanyang paglaki ay napunta siya sa pagsusulat ng mga maikling kuwento dahil napagtanto niyang hindi siya marunong tumula. Walang partikular na estilo sa pagsulat si Chuckberry J. Pascual. Basta ang sigurado, karamihan sa kanyang mga naisulat, at iyong mga nalimbag - halos lahat sila ang protagonista ay bakla. Sinusubukan niyang tingnan ang mundo mula sa perspektibo ng mga bakla, partikular ang Pilipinong bakla na taga-Maynila at Malabon, kadalasan ay middle class.

Marami na rin ang mga nailimbag niyang mga maikling kuwento. Pinakahuling lumabas ang "Kumpisal" sa Ani 36 (2011), "Lorenzo" sa Talong/Tahong: Mga Kuwentong Homoerotiko (2011), at "Mga Kotse Sa Airport" sa Kathang-isip: Mga Kuwentong Fantastiko (2011). Kabilang din ang mga maikling kuwentong "Mananayaw", "Kantanod", "Ritwal", at "Sangandaan". Ilan pa sa kanyang mga gawa:

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Profile Image for Vya.
32 reviews
September 15, 2025
This was my first local read.

I bought this book at the MIBF yesterday, as I was intrigued by its cover (yes, i judged a book by its cover, so what). It looked to me like it was a horror, if you look at the cover and such, and I even got mines signed.

This was not a horror. It's smut.

-_-

Chuckberry was nice though, I loved his aura. But maybe this one just didn't hit, I guess.
Profile Image for yoo wen.
24 reviews1 follower
September 15, 2025
i like the musings on sex, age, and beauty. sa logline akala ko may mga mas exciting pa na mangyayari pero tama lang naman yung naging tone kasi yun naman ang character. sana mas mahaba pa kasi gusto ko rin malaman ano pang maeexplore niya sa sexuality niya at that age pero enjoy na enjoy ko naman ang pagbabasa, wala lang masyadong bagong ideas. di ko naabutan yung author sa mibf sayang
Profile Image for Maria Ella.
562 reviews102 followers
September 18, 2025
Quickly read through a novella in a quiet corner of Avenida booth last MIBF, felt like I was thrusted into the quickie I never intended to take. Malayo sa sensibilidad kong straight and had a very hard-and-fast rule of dating in my MiCR / Chikka years. Sensual, yes, but more catered to the LGBTQ+.

After that poetic thryst, I ended up not buying the book, letting the others (interested to it) instead. Patawad po sa unrealized gain of the market value of Eskinita copy hehehuhuz
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310 reviews28 followers
September 27, 2025
Chuckberry J. Pascual’s novella Daddy reminded me of Garth Greenwell’s works, particularly Cleanness, in the way both used sex as a tool to dive deeper into one’s self and identity. Both authors understood that sex is more than just the physical communication of people, but also, and more importantly, the mental and emotional connections; one bares all during sex. Through his insecure middle-aged protagonist Ryan, Pascual explored the anxieties of growing old, but also its virtues that could only be discovered when that certain age was reached. It was stunning how Pascual created a fully realized and compelling character in under 100 pages. Even more so was how this was written: graceful, assured, confident. The novella was filled with explicit descriptions of gay sex, but what excited and tittilated me more was Pascual’s brilliant plotting and writing of Ryan’s great transformation. The more I think about it, the more I love how it was done and how it surprised me. What an experience.
Profile Image for Angel .
16 reviews
September 13, 2025
Natapos ko ng isang upuan (dahil 56 pages lang naman), nag enjoy ako. Sana lang mas mahaba.
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25 reviews
November 28, 2025
Isang mabilisang (quickie) pagsilip sa pamilyar na danas ng isang tumatandang bading (na breadwinner): ang inseguridad na nakakabit sa pisikal na anyo/materyalismo/edad, mga pangambang pinansyal/ekonomikal na iniuukol sa pamilya, at ang tila walang katapusang paghahanap o pagkawala ng sarili. Sa paggamit ng awtor ng katawan at pakikipagtalik bilang mabisang lunsaran ng mga magkakakawing na isyung personal at sosyal, pinaunawa sa ating hindi talaga madaling unawain ang sarili – at walang problema ‘dun.
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42 reviews
September 23, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 / 5

From the title itself, I had a hunch of what the story might be about, but it turned out to be more layered than expected. Beyond the spicy scenes, this novella is thought-provoking, raising questions about identity, intimacy, and the realities of adulthood.

What resonated with me most is how it touches on work, choices, and the struggle of finding balance in life.

Daddy may be short, but it lingers long after you close the last page. It’s not just about desire, but also about choices, sacrifices, and the weight of loneliness that creeps in with time. A read that’s as intimate as it is unsettling.
Profile Image for Zymon.
53 reviews
September 21, 2025
“Kailangan ko bang magkajowa para sumaya?”

Loneliness through the lens of frivolity, as Sir Chuckberry Pascual splendidly manages to do with his entertaining fiction. Aside from the amusing storytelling, what’s very well appreciated from this work is its openness to the current queer experience while refusing to render previous experiences obsolete. The equivalent of eyeball is hookup, the equivalent of VHS is X (Twitter) porn. Although I’m an acespec, it didn’t get in the way of my enjoying this unapologetic smut.
Profile Image for Clyde Cyruz Alcaraz.
3 reviews
October 30, 2025
In one of my previous posts in FB, when I got my hands on Chuckberry’s book, I joked that I had finally received "Kapag Umaatake ang Daddy" Blame it on timing, I happened to get Darwin’s "Kapag Umaatake ang Dilim" at the same time, so I infused the titles. Except, turns out it wasn’t just a joke. Because, friends, Daddy here, does attack — emotionally, psychologically, and, well… in other ways best left to the imagination.

At first, I thought I was reading a standard aging gay man contemplates life and moisturizer narrative. You know, the usual reflections on loneliness, mortality, and whether dating apps have filters for emotional availability. But no. Sir Chuck goes deeper, like, really deeper, into the grief of watching your parents grow old while realizing you’ve also somehow become one of them.

But that’s only part of it. Chuckberry somehow crams an entire buffet of life into this story. Sex, longing, regret, identity, and the endless human quest to make sense of it all.

This book also gave me a window into the lives of gay men, particularly their sex lives, with zero censorship and maximum honesty. There’s no warning label, but I'll be clear now, this is not a bedtime story for your niece. However, it is essential reading for adults who still think bading and bayot are insults.

Chuckberry writes so well it’s annoying. Every sigh, rustle, bead of sweat, the smell of regret, hits you like a cinematic close-up. Maski yata singa ng langaw sa loob ng jeep kaya niyang ipa-imagine sa iyo ng buong-buo.

Somewhere along the way I stopped reading and started watching. If you don’t pause to breathe, you’ll forget you’re holding a book and not watching a perfectly shot film.

And if this story really ends here, if Ryan’s tale just vanishes without any hope of continuation, I’m joining the protest.

Count me in with the furious readers boycotting Chuckberry for ghosting us.

Man, you don’t drop a story this good, this charged, this thirsty, and then just disappear. 'Di ka ba karmahin niyan, boss.
Profile Image for Emmzxiee.
335 reviews11 followers
October 12, 2025
Kakaibang Chuckberry Pascual ang aking naranasan sa mga kataga at mga pangyayari sa maikling kwento na ito. Marahil may mga nailimbag na si Sir Chuck na katulad ng ganito ngunit para sa akin, panibago ito sa aking panlasa.

Ipinakita lamang ng awtor kung gaano sya ka versatile sa literatura sapagkat naging isang bagong putahe ito para sa akin na isa sa sumusubaybay sa gawa ng nasabing manunulat.

Magandang naging punto din ng akda ang pagbibigay ng awareness in terms of having safe sex. Inilahad ng may akda na sa pangangailangan ng laman, mas lamang ang may alam sa protektadong pagtatalik. Isang bagay na malimit pag-usapan sa atin sapagkat nagkakaroon kaagad ang karamihan ng "wall" sa pag-intindi sa usapang "sex" at iba pang mga salitang nag-uugnay dito.

Ang Daddy ay isang kwentong alam ko na sa karamihan ng nasa LGBTQIA+ ay makakarelate. Masasabi kong ang akdang ito ay may certain audience at isa ako sa nag enjoy nung nabasa ko ito.

Naniniwala ako na hindi lamang sa talas, galing at ganda ng mga nangyayari sa kwento nasusukat ang ganda ng isang nobela. Naniniwala ako na kung naenjoy mo ito, isa itong bagay na pwede mong sabihin na napakagaling ng isang akda — sa paglalahat, ang main purpose naman ng aklat ay mag entertain, magbigay o mag share ng mga karanasan sa mga mambabasa.
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613 reviews103 followers
December 27, 2025
Lahat tayo may Daddy - pwedeng ang sarili nating ama na nagpalaki sa atin o ibang father figure na tumayo bilang ama sa ating buhay - pero sa maikling nobelang ito ni Chuckberry Pascual, ibang daddy ang dapat mong tutukan.

Mabilis basahin ang Daddy dahil 54 pages ito at sa aking experience, na-cure nya ang reading slump ko post-MIBF.

Napakaraming salita ang pwedeng ipares sa Daddy - bihira, napapanahon, kontrobersyal - pero para sa akin, nanaig ang pagiging totoo sa kwento ni Ryan.

Totoo na matanda na si Ryan. Totoo na may hinahanap s’yang (uy may kudlit) something na kukumpleto sa buhay. At totoo na bakla si Ryan na lumaki sa relihiyosong bansang Pilipinas.

Kaya nagustuhan ko ang realistic depiction kay Ryan na kung kailan may edad na sya ay saka lamang nya napag-isipan na subukan ang mga bagay na papawi sa kanyang uhaw. Keber na kahit anong sabihin ng iba.

Manipis man ito ay maayos pa rin namaniobra ni Chuckberry ang kwento - may thrill sa kasalukuyang nangyayari, may kirot at lungkot sa backstory, at may hint ng pag-asa sa kung anuman ang mga susunod na hakbang ni Ryan sa buhay nya. Syempre, pinakanangibabaw ang kaba 💅
Profile Image for Alea Sacramento.
2 reviews
October 1, 2025
Ngayon na lang ulit ako muling nakabasa ng akdang sulat Filipino. Binasa ko ito para makapagpahinga sa mga librong aking nabasa bago dito. Hindi naman ako nagsisi. Sa palagay ko ay hindi lang naman ito ‘smut’ o ‘spice’. ‘Di man ganon kalalim at kalinaw ang direktang mensahe ng libro, bukas naman ito sa interpretasyon. Sa ikli ng akdang ito, nakapaloob na sa istorya ni Ryan ang mga paksa patungkol sa sekswalidad, seks, edad at kalusugan, koneksyon sa iba’t-ibang tao—o maging ang kakulangan nito.

Nakapagpapirma rin ako kay Sir Chuck noong MIBF. Sayang at sana’y nakabili at nakapagpapirma pa ako ng iba niyang libro.
Profile Image for Miguel Carlos Lazarte.
45 reviews1 follower
September 21, 2025
Isang coming-of-age sa hindi pangkaraniwang edad, maselan at tapat ang akda sa pagkwento ng mga karanasan niya. Kahit minsang hindi matukoy ang patutunguhan ng kuwento, maiging napakita ng iilang pahina ang kabastusan at larawang nais nitong ilahad.

Tapat at saktong smut, may boses ang akda na alaala ng mga forum at blog na talamak ang ganitong uri ng erotika. Naghanap lang ako ng mas mahabang kuwento; nang mas higit ko pa sanang makilala ang bida at ang mga tao sa buhay niya.

3/5
Profile Image for Nico.
103 reviews
October 26, 2025
Fun read. There's a looming presence of mortality and the general thought of how people perceive us in the most physical and surface level sense.

Ika nga, yung takot na mag-isang tumanda at tumandang hindi magustuhan ng iba.
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37 reviews
November 10, 2025
Didn't expect the quarter-life and identity crisis in one short read but the story had a good flow and was honestly left on a cliffhanger. Would recommend for open-minded people who aren't too privy for spicy scenes.
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21 reviews
September 24, 2025
Short but very detailed as to the experiences of LGBTQ.
Profile Image for Inah (Fueled By Chapters).
500 reviews116 followers
October 18, 2025
I liked it, wish it was longer para mas na-flesh out yung characters but for a novelette this short, it’s okay na din.

Ang funny ng musings ni Ryan pero favorite ko si Marvin 😂
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