Charisse J. Tubianosa is a Filipina-Spanish writer based in Barcelona. Her stories have appeared in Spanglishvoces, Litbreak, and Sunspot Lit. She was shortlisted for the 2024 First Pages Prize and was a flash fiction finalist for the 2022 London Independent Stories Prize. She’s an alumna of VONA and the Tin House summer workshops.

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By CHARISSE J. TUBIANOSA

He’s not all bad, Mama likes to say about father. Nor all that good.