Monstress (short story collection)

Plot

In Monstress, Filipina actress Reva Gogo and her B-Movie director boyfriend go to Los Angeles hoping that an American director can help them be successful. In Help, a man recruits his nephew to fight the Beatles for being rude to Imelda Marcos. In Superassassin, an isolated boy writes a biographical report on the Green Lantern and practices being a super-powered avenger with disastrous results. In Felix Starro, the grandson of a famous Filipino faith healer plans his escape from the family business. In 'The Brothers, a man buries his transgender sister with the help of her friend and remembers the brother he lost. In The View From Culion, a young woman raised in a leper colony strikes up a tentative friendship with a US Navy officer afflicted with the disease. In Save the I-Hotel, an elderly man tries to manage his homosexual desire for his oldest friend.