4thace reviewed Lauriat by Charles Tan
An interesting fantasy/horror anthology from the early 2010s
3 stars
I picked this book up at a convention years ago because I had never seen a Chinese-Filipino fiction anthology before, whether speculative or not. These stories go hand in the fantasy direction which they use to illuminate aspects of the culture that goes back through centuries. Some of the authors play with story structure too, and imagine new forms of family and intimate relationship. there are traditional spirit entities in some of the stories. There are cultural and sexual conflicts with non-Chinese Filipinos that I found interesting.