Jean S. Cais

Insight PH · Literary

4 stories

Fragments of Us

We sailed on the same boat, with curiosity as our compass. After countless strokes through the waves we dared to face, our journey is about to reach its destination. The pages we filled, the stories we carved, and the…

Jean S. Cais · Apr 22, 2026

When Sleep Paralysis Breaks Through My Escape

‎Sleep paralysis wakes me up faster than my alarm. My body freezes. My chest feels heavy. Unable to speak. Unable to breathe. ‎ ‎And I know my demon has come again. ‎ ‎I never knew his figure; he was always faceless…

Jean S. Cais · Apr 9, 2026

A Title Taken

The tricksters walked across the stage where applause echoed as if they had broken a sweat, bled from the freight of expectancy, or grown restless fulfilling the lined-up tasks etched into countless pages. The…

Jean S. Cais · Mar 23, 2026

Inherited Weight

‎I existed first, carrying the malison that disguised as glory. I smiled the brightest only to be crushed by the weight I was never meant to carry. ‎ Solace is nothing but a phantasm of my own making. It is a dream I…

Jean S. Cais · Feb 28, 2026