When we remember that honey bees die upon stinging, the title of Chuckberry Pascual’s short story collection starts to make sense. “The Gathering Bees” was originally published in 2015 as “Kumpisal : Mga Kuwento,” then re-released as “Mga Bubuyog na Nagkumpulan,” translated into English by Ralph Semino Galán in 2025. It is darker than the… Read More The Gathering Bees: Destruction and Desire in Nine Recurrences