Monstress is a 2012 collection of stories by Lysley Tenorio.
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.
References
External links "Lysley Tonorio on Monstress", The Paris Review, January 31, 2012 "'Monstress': The Beautiful and The Damned", NPR, February 1, 2012 "Book of the Week: Monstress", Slate, February 24, 2012 Interview at The Rumpus, June 14, 2012 "The Books of 2012 You Never Heard About (But Should've), Slate, November 28, 2012