Monstress (short story collection)

[1] In "Help", a man recruits his nephew to fight the Beatles for being rude to Imelda Marcos.

[2] In "Superassassin", an isolated boy writes a biographical report on the Green Lantern and practices being a super-powered avenger with disastrous results.

In "Felix Starro", the grandson of a famous Filipino faith healer plans his escape from the family business.

[3] In "The View From Culion", a young woman raised in a leper colony strikes up a tentative friendship with a US Navy officer afflicted with the disease.

[4] In "Save the I-Hotel", an elderly man tries to manage his homosexual desire for his oldest friend.

First edition (publ. Ecco Books )