J. Marcelo Borromeo

he/him | scary books | MA Prose @uealdc | 📝 in @JoylandMagazine @CatapultStory @splitlipthemag | @adroitjournal 2026 Veasna So Scholar | Currently seeking rep

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

2022 recap (w/ announcements!) thread

Found homes for my work in four incredible publications @JoylandMagazine, @BureauDispatch, @PandanWeekly, & @CatapultStory! I remain grateful to the editors who championed my work, @michellelynking, @JiksunCheung, @stephwritescnf, & @ortile.

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

Damn he’s gonna be the first guy in history to die of everything

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

For all the jokes about calling it Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, nothing on earth could have possibly prepared me for the absolute funniest way of styling the title in the actual film

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

My new short story “The Hangers” is out today, thanks to the wonderful folks at @adroitjournal 🥳 Read it here: https://t.co/DsFRB450kx

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

@splitlipthemag @esmepromise @adroitjournal Thank you, Split Lip!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag]

It's ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY, fam 🥳 Contributors @miostark and @esmepromise were named @adroitjournal's '26 Anthony Veasna So Scholars in Fiction!! AND Contributor Ellie Black was named a Djanikian Scholar in Poetry!! 👏

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

@marianagvarela @adroitjournal Thanks Yans! ☺️

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

Thrilled to share that I’ve been named a Veasna So Scholar in this year’s class! My new story, “The Hangers” is out on @adroitjournal later this month.

[The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal]

We’re proud to announce the ninth class of Gregory Djanikian Scholars in Poetry and the fourth class of Anthony Veasna So Scholars in Fiction—twelve exciting emerging poets and fiction writers we should all be watching. Congratulations to all! https://t.co/xajeMcjepG

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

@CherryLouSy @adroitjournal Thank you Cherry!!! 😊❤️😊🥳

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

Huge influence on https://t.co/hbsqXdnyrK

[𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕦𝕤𝕥 📼 @auglandempire]

happy the ring (2002) day. 📼

[Maureen Langloss @MaureenLangloss]

Holy Cow! This Split Lip FAM! Huge congrats to @d_c_demaree @SF_Montgomery @spaghettiutopia @miostark @emilylauracosta @toddedillard @garson_scott @rennyxgong @livesinpages @heyAbbieK @kimmagowan @ClaudiaMonpere & MANY MORE!!

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

@MMydw60280 .

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

@writesfromla I’m proud of this experimental story out on Boyfriend Village about a cursed movie, written in the style of a Wikipedia article: https://t.co/hbsqXdn0Cc Thanks!

[Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag]

We're starting ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with a thrilling story! 🤩 Contributor @miostark published "CUT!!" in the latest issue of Boyfriend Village and we are obsessed. Catch it here: https://t.co/gcAiPA4okp

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

@splitlipthemag Thank you Split Lip fam!!! 😭🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

Thrilled to share I have a new story out with @Bfvillage and @BlackWarriorRev. Written in the style of a Wikipedia article, it’s called “CUT!!” and it’s about a cursed Filipino horror movie that kills teens and outlives the Philippines. Read it here: https://t.co/hbsqXdnyrK

[litz @litzarc_]

Here's the translation for non-filo moots

[𝑨𝒔𝒊𝒂 @seigfrei]

calling protests useless is the privilege of those who aren’t being oppressed. for the silenced, the hungry, and the abused, protests are a weapon of survival. if you feel comfortable enough to dismiss them, then you’re living off the comfort built on someone else’s suffering.

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

From a certain future https://t.co/hbsqXdnyrK

[devin morgan @fedafter12am]

lav diaz on when you guys were doing top 10s last week

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

Some of the major influences for my new story, out on Boyfriend Village this week.

- GHOSTWATCH (1992)
- THE RING (2002)
- All the MAGANDANG GABI… BAYAN Halloween special episodes
- FAKE DOCUMENTARY Q on YouTube

If you love any of these, you may enjoy https://t.co/nncODgxKGk

[J. Marcelo Borromeo @miostark]

My new short story, out now on Boyfriend Village, is also about a controversial Filipino horror production that turns into lost media and suddenly resurfaces as a cult classic. Read here: https://t.co/hbsqXdnyrK

[Nicol @nikowl]

In November of 1998, Jerry Lopez Sineneng directed Maalaala Mo Kaya's Halloween episode KOPITA, featuring Gardo Versoza as a young priest assigned to a faraway barrio, not knowing that the town is inhabited by aswangs.

The episode was so controversial and has been the topic of so many urban legends, including that it has been lost media or that ABSCBN was forced to surrender all copies of the episode and burn them.

27 years later, the full episode has resurfaced and has been uploaded to Jeepney TV's YouTube channel. https://t.co/yrCtxJvMX0