Creatures of Kwento is excited to team up with DILIM Press as the exclusive stockist of their first anthology, Galleon Dreaming (Founder's Edition).
DILIM Press is a small, independent, woman-owned press dedicated to celebrating speculative fiction from the Philippines and beyond its borders. Their first anthology, Galleon Dreaming, brings together stories that explore Filipino perspectives, imagination, and speculative worlds.
This anthology features 25 Filipino contributors from around the world:
- Philippines-based contributors include Joshua Lim So, Cassiopeia Gatmaitan, Ally Guirjen, and Noelle Grace O. Pico in Manila, Michael Angelo Mahinay and Al Osiris Ingking in Cebu, and Abi Andoy in Surigao del Sur.
- Diaspora authors include Zeny May Recidoro in Florida, J.J. de Melo and poets Maleia Mortis and Christian Hanz Lozada in California, Samuel Marzioli in Oregon, web comic creator/writer Kris Pajarito and Christopher Villanueva Blackett in New York, Nikki Stinson in the Philadelphia suburbs, B.C. Vidal Jr. in North Carolina, Michael Oliveros in Illinois, Sheryll Bonilla and A. S. Kresnak in Michigan, Faith Lakasan, Thea C. Perales, and Michelle Tang in Canada, Jules P. F. in Cuba, Christine Liwag Dixon in Europe, and Marie Sinadjan in the United Kingdom.
Introduced by Monica T. S. Flores, the collection celebrates the wholly unique and undeniably original work coming out of the Filipino diaspora. Production assistance was provided by Marie Diwatapunk and Janela Mauricio, copyediting by Sebbie Leaño, and proof-reading by Ma. Christina Luz Silva, with cover illustration by artist Raf Banzuela.
The Founder's Edition is set to publish on October 15, 2026, with preorders shipping out October 1.