Erwin E. Cabucos was born and raised in the Cotabato Province of Southern Philippines. He studied Psychology and later moved to Australia and completed a degree in Communication and an MA in Education. Currently, he teaches Secondary English and Humanities in Brisbane. He is the author of Does It Matter What the Dead Think, a collection of short stories about growing-up Filipino. His short stories can be found in Verandah Literary and Arts Journal, FourW New Writing, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Business Mirror and the Philippines Graphic Magazine. His story "Requiem for Pasig River" received High Commendation Award from Queensland Independent Education Union Short Story Award and Roly Sussex Literary Prize in 2016. [Fiction]