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Monica is a technical project manager and short story writer. We’re All Here Now, Together, her story about a robot in the Visayas in the year 2218, is featured in “Hope is Not Passive: A Quills and Cosmos Press Speculative Fiction Benefit Anthology” published August 2026.
Her work is also available in “Ouroboros” and “CLEF Zine #1” from Capital Letters Eclectic Fiction, Haunt by Michigan State University Libraries, Faoileánach Journal, and Amethyst Review. She is part of the panel on "Magic, Mystery, & The Surreal in Philippine Diasporic Fiction" for the Filipino American International Book Festival 2026.
She gave an ekphrastic poem reading of “Otherworldly” at Capital City Film Festival 2026. The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses recognized her story “The Forty-First Day: Selurong Arrival” in the 2026 Asian Pacific American Heritage Reading List. She is a Pushcart Award nominee for 2027.
Raf is a graphic designer and illustrator in Legazpi, Philippines.
Discover more of his work at behance.net/rafbanzuela.
Marie is the publishing assistant for Galleon Dreaming.
Find her as @diwatapunk on all platforms and visit her website diwatapunk.wordpress.com.
Janela supported the Galleon Dreaming production process.
Silverpress Edits is our editorial partner for Galleon Dreaming: An Anthology of Dark Fiction from the Philippine Diaspora. Many thanks to H. M. Sebbie Leaño for providing support.
Website: silverpressedits.com
Imagery across our site features the work of generous visual artists and photographers via Unsplash, including Ivan Bandura, Joel Filipe, Eris Marasigan, Jack Taylor, Camille San Vicente.