'The Long Road to Asik-Asik Short Stories' is the author's 4th collection of short stories, featuring the highly awarded work 'Requiem for Pasig River'.

It was awarded high commendation by the Roly Sussez Short Story Award and Queensland Independent Education Union Short Story Competition - Teachers' Category. 'Requiem for Pasig River' was also published in the Philippine's popular weekly magazine 'Philippines Graphic'.

'The Long Road to Asik-Asik Short Stories' collects 12 new works from Erwin Cabucos. They deal with themes and characters that confront world issues in their local and personal situation, including poverty, cultural discrimination, environmental destruction, gender inequality and living in the time of COVID.

Lee Finn from the Brisbane Literary writers comments that Erwin's stories and characters, especially his characters, are very authentic. She says: "Even though he's writing fiction, we have no difficulty at all believing that every word of these stories is true. That's a mark of a really good writer."

Finn adds: "As a reader, what I love about Erwin's stories is the amount of emotion that he puts into them. He writes wonderful  emotion, and that is a great skill."

The stories are suitable for mature audiences and there are scenes and themes in them that are not suitable for children or younger audiences.

The stories in this collection are works of fiction and they may not represent the life and beliefs of the author.

'The Long Road to Asik-Asik Short Stories' is available as an e-book for $8.00AUD and paperback for $12.99AUD.

Here's the link to the book: https://read.amazon.com.au/kp/embed?asin=B09HBCV95W&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_NXXFYMG568FVWMDD7B66

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