Magical Realism

Ang Bahay sa Buwan

by Noemi Bautista

On the first night of every full moon, the Salazar house goes to the moon, and the family plans around it the way other families plan around the tide. Cover the mirrors. Turn the jars label-inward. Leave a window open so the house can breathe on the way up. A family saga in lunar cycles — until the year the house starts leaning moonward early, and eleven-year-old Tonio is the only one who notices.