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Neobie Gonzalez :

Story-writer, occasional doodler, and sproutless potato.

Neobie Gonzalez is from Manila, Philippines. She received her MFA degree in Creative Writing from De La Salle University-Manila, where she was awarded Outstanding Thesis for her collection, "72.8% of the Person You Love Is (Stories)", still unpublished and presently stuck between the filenames "Draft 2.3" and "burn it all."

She is also co-editor of the online prose journal PLURAL, as well as co-creator of Occult's Razor, an independent project aiming to build a repository of questionable artefacts and invented ephemera. Neobie is also the lazy, lumpy lola behind Ay Dios Mio! stickers, zines, and comics.

Though presently focused on self-publishing, her literary works have appeared in publications such as Kritika Kultura, Nat. Brut, Cosmonauts Avenue, Juked, and others. In 2013, her essay "Voices from the Village" won a Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature, much to the crowd's surprise, confusion, and polite nodding.

She currently works at Canva Philippines, and is in the process of anxiously maintaining this website, just so she can eventually copy-paste it into places that need her bio.

CONTACT

For questions, collaborations, photos of your cat, or other fascinating tales, please e-mail me at neobiegonzalez@gmail.com.

To order available zines, visit the Occult's Razor shop. Aside from enabling my cold brew dependence, you can support my elderly care initiatives by donating through Ko-fi or Paypal. Thank you!

WORKS

Reminders –

Trace your finger over this thick film of dust –

a malevolence designed by women (fig. 1) –

the room recalls our desired degrees of remoteness –

your bones tasting air –

I exercise order as a response to space –

objects in natural occurrence –

Sorry for our temporary appearance –

None of us was certain –

What do I call this beating: –

Reason's for Magritte's Sheets –

Bits –

Jellybeans –

Lollipop –

Voices from the Village –

Baroque –

Works

PROJECTS

Occult's Razor –

Occult's Razor is a repository of questionable artefacts and invented ephemera. Co-founded with Erika Carreon in 2017, it publishes zines, oracle cards, and other literary objects, which are available on the stOR and Gumroad.

Zinetch Iteyy –

Zinetch Iteyy? is a relaxed share-and-swap event for makers, featuring a Zine Show-and-Tell and a Zine Swap. Hosted with Lia Sangalang, it’s a space to rediscover the joy from the playful, experimental side of self-publishing and build a community that values creativity in its many forms. Find out more here.

Plural: An Online Prose Journal –

PLURAL is an online prose journal that caters to fiction, essays, and criticism geared towards prose. You can read previous issues here, but submissions are currently on hiatus.

Ay Dios Mio! –

Ay Dios Mio! is a personal project featuring stickers and comics about everyone's favorite lola. A portion of the sales is donated to non-profits supporting elderly care. While the shop is inactive at the moment, you can check here for updates.

Projects