Friend Zones
Friend Zonesan anthology of stories for young adults
Edited by Cyan Abad-Jugo
Published by Ateneo de Manila University Press
202pp. ; 20.32cm
Copyright © 2016
ISBN 978-971-550-755-4
The “Friend Zone.” That space where relationships ought to be crystal clear: Person A, Anon, is “just friends” with Person B, Imus, and may like—even love—Imus, but “only as a friend.” Never mind that Imus secretly pines for Anon, longs for a more romantic entanglement, and therefore wants out of the Friend Zone. Sometimes Anon’s strict distinction wins out, and Imus either finds someone else or takes his secret, unrequited love to his deathbed; other times Imus finds a magic key and exits the evanescent doorway leading out of the Friend Zone, hip hip hooray.
— Cyan Abad-Jugo, From the Introduction
