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In the final and longest story in the compendium, “Extant”, a character plays a video game called Calvary X. A Borgesian story of multiple doors and forking paths. The number of possible combinations of doors is 360 x 359 x 358. A blend of supernatural, obsession, and mystery. Reminds me of the films of Kurosawa Kiyoshi.

“Tungkol sa Nawawalang Isla ng Sangkabayagan” (About the Lost Island of Manosphere): Not sure how to translate that last word in the title. “Patriarchy”? “Manhood”? “World of Men”? “Men-kind”? It literally means “kingdom of testicles”.
A group of military men defended a palace from egg-throwers. There’s a wordplay in the story about bayag (manhood) and bayan (nationhood). A fabulous fable on toxic masculinity.