A treasury of the finest Philippine short stories in English from the last hundred years, read aloud, with an introduction to every story.

Editor and narrator Timothy R. Montes, a fiction writer and teacher of literature and creative writing, opens each selection with a guide to the author and the craft of the story, then reads the story in full. An ideal companion for students, teachers and anyone discovering the rich tradition of the Philippine short story.

Stories include: Dead Stars (Paz Marquez Benitez); Footnote to Youth (Jose Garcia Villa); How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife (Manuel E. Arguilla); May Day Eve (Nick Joaquin); Bread of Salt (N.V.M. Gonzalez); Flowers of May (Francisco Arcellana); A Stream at Dalton Pass (Edilberto K. Tiempo); Scent of Apples (Bienvenido N. Santos); Magnificence (Estrella Alfon); The Light and the Shadow of Leaves and The Cries of Children on an April Afternoon in the Year 1957 (Gregorio C. Brillantes); The Sounds of Sunday and The Virgin (Kerima Polotan); Tong (F. Sionil Jose); By the Tail of Their Lives (Aida Rivera Ford); People in the War (Gilda Cordero Fernando); In the Beginning of the War (Resil B. Mojares); The Cargo (Anthony L. Tan); Chinita (Carlos Ojeda Aureus); The Homing Mandarin (Jaime An Lim); In the Garden (Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.); Market Stories (Timothy R. Montes); Armor (John Bengan).

With a general introduction and an afterword by the editor.