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khōréō is a quarterly magazine of speculative fiction and migration. We publish fiction, non-fiction, and art by immigrant and diaspora authors and artists.
An imprisoned god is bound to the trees of an ancient swamp, until one day someone comes looking.
Content warnings: Violence, body horror
Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Natasha King, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Suzie Rai and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
In an RPG game, a Black avatar repeatedly attempts to survive an encounter with the police.
Content warnings: Violence, death, racism, hateful language, xenophobia
Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by KÁNYIN Olorunnisola, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Isabella Tugman and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
In 2102, Michi goes undercover as a maid for a hacking job, while in 2030, Ryo sells his appearance to a tech company. Their lives intersect to expose the dirty laundry of neo-feudal futuristic Japanese elite society.
Content warnings: Classism, injustice
Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Fumio Takano, translated by Sharni Wilson, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Justine Leah Hince and Alex Bankier, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
A storyteller in the distant future shows the reader different vantage points, in hopes they might "see" the web of connections between past and future, reader and story, responsibility and joy.
Content warnings: Acknowledgement of genocide, animal harm
Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Rae Mariz, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Maria Corcobado and produced by Grayson Norman, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
In New Hope City, an indentured clone comes out as trans. People have opinions about it.
Content warnings: Transphobia (including misgendering), abuse, implied forced servitude, implied climate disaster
Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Leon Tomova, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Swann Grey and produced by Evalyn Broderick, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
A boy walks into an art exhibit and steals a sex doll on display. It doesn't go anywhere the doll expects.
Content warnings: Body horror described in detail
Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Kawai Shen, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Vera Tan, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
Hollywood actor Hendrick lives through a curated trauma experience to become Greek enough for a role. But how much will it cost him?
Content warnings: Suicide, torture simulation, cultural appropriation
Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Christos Callow Jr, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by Kat Kourbeti and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
Aliens who share distant human ancestors with Earthlings arrive on Earth seeking refuge, and their African lineage run into issues with the US government.
Content warnings: Racism, genocide
Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Chris Campbell, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Mike Castoro and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
Deb is dead set on getting a pedicure, now, damn anyone else's time! But the Universe has its own plans, and she's not the only VIP to walk through the doors of SALON LA BELLE, eager to have her wish granted.
Content warnings: Blood, violence, death, racism
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Cindy Phan, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Tricia Nguyen and Griffin Puatu, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
Rival figure skaters use dangerous body modification technology to outperform each other in the rink.
Content warnings: Racism
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Claire Jia-Wen, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Lauren Choo and produced by Melissa Ren, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
“A Little Like Sap, a Bit Like a Tree” by Natalia Theodoridou is a story about a transmasc nursing birds, based on true events.
Content warnings: Blood, breastfeeding, loss of a child (not shown)
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Natalia Theodoridou, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by Rue Dickey, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
“In the Age of Fire” by Ana Rüsche follows the journey of a boy from Panama to the United States, through the immigration crisis and the climate crisis, to meet creatures from future generations in the caldera of a volcano.
Content warnings: Discrimination and violence against immigrants (including children), mentions of death, climate change and eco-anxiety
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Ana Rüsche, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Elissa Park and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
Nuran struggles with her mental health and an abusive household. Is escape possible with a voice down the well?
Content warnings: Mental Illness, death
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Esra Kahya, translated from Turkish by Aysel K. Basci, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Shakyra Dunn and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
A Croat refugee comes to terms with his trauma through studying metaphorical maps to his own lostness.
Content warnings: Graphic wartime violence and implied torture, death of friends and strangers, hateful language directed at ethnic groups, mental illness
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Angelisa Fontaine-Wood, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Goran Kramarić and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
A young scientist struggles to find purpose in life after being left behind by those fleeing a post-apocalyptic Earth.
Content warnings: Suicide and suicidal ideation, death, and animal death
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Madeleine Vigneron, edited by Sachiko Ragosta. Audio edition read by Loretta Chang and produced by Melissa Ren, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
Someone has to be the best at something, and when a new technology begets a new sport, it may as well be her.
Content warnings: Knife violence, blood, death
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by E. A. Xiong, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Alexa Aguinaldo, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
A family vacation in the mountains takes a weird turn when they are forced to choose what to bring and what to leave behind.
Content warnings: Violence, war, animal cruelty, death, intergenerational trauma
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Leslie What, edited by Sachiko Ragosta. Audio edition read by Rebecca Jensen Uesugi and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
A family living under oppression hides their magic in a song passed down the generations. Take Up Thy Mother's Song is a story about when to choose survival and when to fight back, and when these are one and the same.
Content warnings: Graphic violence, blood, death of a parent
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Natasha King, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Danielle Baylor and produced by Melissa Ren, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
What happens when you come home and home is in pieces, and everyone is gone? Here, unruly spirits and old memories are dredged up in this act of reclaiming and healing.
Content warnings: Depictions of the aftermath of war, indirect mentions of death
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Anna Bendiy, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Danielle Bryn, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
After learning the true history of her land, a young woman returns to her isolated hometown to dispel the propaganda they were told. "Child's Tongue" interrogates our silences and complicity in colonial narratives.
Content warnings: Sexual harassment, discussion of war crimes, death of a parent, and heavily implied child abuse
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Monique Laban, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Roanna Cruz, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
An endless beam of light arrives and splits the sky. In the turmoil following the resulting global EMP, aging immigrant Demetri's family collapses and he must grapple for a place in a shattered world.
Content warnings: References to the death of a child
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Andrew Najberg, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Patrick Langner, and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
"Trees Can Have My Soul; In Return, Let Me Have My Grief" asks what a mother tongue is when survival requires assimilation.
Content warnings: Mild body horror, grief, death of a parental figure, racism
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Rukman Ragas, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Ahrreby Anandakumar and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
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In Armenian folklore, all werewolves are women. Cursed, punished, feared, shunned. But that doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing, does it, dear?
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Jolie Toomajan, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by Eva Roslin and produced by Melissa Ren, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
A deluxe riverboat welcomes the galaxy's wealthiest tourists to the drought-ridden Amazon — but no one's seen her mysterious captain. "The Maiden Voyage of the Piranha Belle" is a flash exploration of colonization and survival.
Content warnings: Violence/death (offscreen), colonization, implied human trafficking
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by L.M. Guay, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Aneli Rubio, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
Come one, come all! Witness the fall of a despot alongside the glorious rebirth of one heavenly beast in "RAIN FIRE CLOUD" by Caroline Hung.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Caroline Hung, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Sam Yeow, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
The defiant notes of a bass guitar ignite a city's fight against tyrants through the raw magic of music.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Rodrigo Culagovski, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Sam Cavalcanti and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
The unsettling arrival of war and how hope in tales pass from generation to generation.
Content warnings: War, orphans, implied trauma due to armed conflict, death
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Tania Chen, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by Michelle Kelly and produced by Melissa Ren, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
In the near future, the corpse inside the abandoned deep-sea submersible Blue Cube becomes another landmark of the Challenger Deep.
Content warning: Mentions of death
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Prema Arasu, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Hira Pendleton, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
A ghost of the dead daughter visits the musician every night. Together, they compose their masterpiece of grief.
Content warning: Death of a child
Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Sofia Ezdina, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Olga Tenyakova, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
An unnamed narrator takes an unusual journey home. "Homeland in Verse" by Naomi Day explores loss both, individual and diasporic, and what it means to arrive home when home is a concept you've forgotten.
A daughter living overseas visits her mother. Their time is counted in recipes, familiar yet growing ever stranger.
Years after the terrifying dictator of a small island nation has been deposed, a native bartender tells his side of history to an unsuspecting tourist.
"When We Make it to Bet-Zelem" is a profound meditation on hope and what it means to seek something that may no longer exist.
Countryboy T loses their home after the deaths of their parents. Luckily, the cats have been in charge all along.
This is Part 2 of "Dragonsworn" by L. Chan, the first novelette that khōréō has published.
This is Part 1 of "Dragonsworn" by L. Chan, the first novelette that khōréō has published — stay tuned for Part 2 in two weeks!
Ni Darti is determined to curse Herman Willem Daendels, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, for the death of her son. But a shaman cannot curse someone he does not know—and so, Ni Darti embarks on a quest to learn what she can of the colonizer.
Content warnings: Death of a son, a mother’s grief, colonization, slavery, violence
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by A.W. Prihandita, edited by Sachiko Ragosta. Audio edition read by Maya Fatheena, with casting and editing by Jenelle DeCosta and production assistance by Melissa Ren.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
A standalone excerpt from a novel-in-progress, "The Blue Glow" is set in Hiroshima in 1945, in the aftermath of the atomic bomb. Sen, a sixteen-year-old suicide pilot who lived, returns to his home city, where gods now crouch disheveled among the survivors.
Content warnings: Descriptions of war, grief, and the dead
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by Lisa Hosokawa, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Cary Kawamoto, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
"Sartor" by Tanvir Ahmed is a story about stories, about endings and beginnings, about the telling and the listening.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by Tanvir Ahmed, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Rashmi Rustagi and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta and production assistance by Melissa Ren.
Content warnings: Violence (murder, execution), death and dying (most speaking characters are already deceased), racism and racial slurs (against Roma), sexism and misogyny (against widows), discrimination against a religious minority
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
"Memories of Memories Lost" by Mahmud El Sayed is a story about the price of the things we choose to forget.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by Mahmud El Sayed, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Karim Kronfli and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
Content warnings: Parent with dementia
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
"Come Back, Crocodile Bird" by M.S. Dean follows the story of Arnaz, navigating a flooded world that leaves her both stuck in the past and trying to move forward.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by M.S. Dean, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Moneesha "Misha" Bakshi and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
Content warnings: Smoking, drug addiction, suicide
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
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"Umeboshi" by Rebecca Nakaba is an exploration of what it means to be connected through heritage—and chain email.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by Rebecca Nakaba, edited by Sachiko Ragosta. Audio edition read by Heidi Tabing, with sound design by Lian Xia Rose, and casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
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“The Abode of the Palms” by Karim Kattan is a story of the desert and jinn, of siblings and family and wishes, and what it means to be born second.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by Karim Kattan, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Conchita Mbuyambo and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
Content warnings: Mentions of violence and death
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
In "Kwong's Bath" by Angela Liu, Kwong is visited by the ghosts of the people she has trouble letting go.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by Angela Liu, edited by Sachiko Ragosta. Audio edition read by Lauren Kong, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.
Content warnings: Suicide, child abuse, death of a child, mental illness, classism
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
"The Field Guide for Next Time" by Rae Mariz is a nonlinear tapestry of a story and the most experimental piece that khōréō has published to date.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by Rae Mariz, edited by Rowan Morrison. Audio edition read by Carolina Hoyos and Christian Thornton, produced Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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You wake up. You do your job. You eat. You speak to no one. Nothing ever changes about life here in K— — until, suddenly, it does. "The Shadow and the Light" by Su-Yee Lin is a haunting story about stagnation and self-preservation and solitude.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by Su-Yee Lin, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by William Lin-Yee and produced by Jenelle DeCosta and Lian Xia Rose.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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How do you communicate in a foreign land, when the only language those living speak is one of happiness? What of the days you feel lonely, or sad, or—something else? "The Land of Happiness" by Laura Wang is an exploration of immigration and finding both language and tongue.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by Laura Wang, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by Roanna Cruz and produced and cast by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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A mother, left behind on Earth, receives a birthday card from her son, who is worlds away. How much time do we have together with the ones we love, especially when they grow up and away? How much is remaining?
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by Thomas Ha, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Kiran Fatima and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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In April, the dead return to spend brief moments with their loved ones. But what happens if the one you love doesn't come back? "In April, the Dead" by Natalia Theodoridou is a touching flash story about loss and family.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by Natalia Theodoridou, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Tricia Nguyen and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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You've been in this club before, because you've been in a thousand like it. Each night a loop. Except this one is too familiar—and not quite right. Read about love and loss on the dance floor in "This Is What You Came For" by Phong Quan.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Story by Phong Quan, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by Ryan Froude and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
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In "Rattlers" by D.K. Lawhorn, dance and music mark the end of exile for two former outcasts once betrayed and hunted by the same allies who now seek to make amends.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by D.K. Lawhorn, edited by Rowan Morrison. Audio edition read by Sarah Palmero and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
"The Ballad of the Octopus" by Simo Srinivas is a haunting, luscious tale of an octopus who loses an arm to a man, who in turn devours it, hopelessly intertwining their lives and existences.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by Simo Srinivas, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by Sunny Osahn and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
Join us on a vessel taking its passengers far beyond Earth, using an unconventional source to help power its journey. "Mothership Connection" by Melissa A. Watkins is a glorious story about Black joy and kinship.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Story by Melissa A. Watkins, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Torian Brackett and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
Tina's life is a series of dominos falling toward the creation of the ultimate invention—with unforeseen consequences. Allison King's "Tina Yu and the Karaoke Time Machine" is a meditation on the power and fragility of music, memory, and family.
Content Warnings: Xenophobia, incarceration
Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Story by Allison King, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Loretta Chang and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
An unnamed narrator wears different skins to navigate different parts of her life: academia, her wealthy boyfriend's social circle, and her family's rigid dynamic that she seeks to escape. But her mutable presentation brings conditional acceptance at best, dependent as it is on external perception. “Skin” by Isha Karki explores code-switching and the authenticity trap.
Content Warnings: Racism, misogyny, references to sati and death/burning, sexual content, body horror
Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Story by Isha Karki, edited by Rowan Morrison.
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A moment of anger leaves nine-year-old Marta without her brother—but the bond between the twins has always been strong. "All Good Children, Come Out to Play" by Karlo Yeager Rodríguez is a haunting story about grief and guilt, death and moving on.
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What are stories for? In Rhea Roy’s “The Storyteller,” an extraordinary, headstrong woman conceives and enacts a death-defying story out of the love of family.
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Bex chose a university parsecs away from family and friends. Alone and overwhelmed, she finds comfort and history in an unlikely place. "This Excessive Use of Pickled Foods" by Leora Spitzer is a warm story about sharing pasts and building futures together.
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Child, parent, and grandparent: each stands at a threshold in "Unname Me at the Altar" by Ashaye Brown, a tender and brutal story of unbreakable bonds and unspeakable loss.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Story by Ashaye Brown, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Ashaye Brown and edited by Lian Xia Rose, with production assistance from Jenelle DeCosta.
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When Alice's father finds a snake in a crate of bok choy in their grocery store their family owns, he wants to kill it. But Alice sets the snake free into their family home, one more secret for its rotten walls to keep—until they can't anymore.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Story by Cindy Phan, edited by Rowan Morrison. Audio edition read by Tricia Nguyen, edited by Lian Xia Rose, with casting and production assistance from Jenelle DeCosta.
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Liz and Owen jump at the chance for a weekend away, house sitting in suburbia, only to find something... strange... about the mirror in the house. "Ours but Not Our Own" by Joshua Tong is a delightfully haunting meditation on suburbia and the paths our lives may have taken.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Story by Joshua Tong, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by Alex Bankier, edited by Lian Xia Rose, with casting and production assistance by Jenelle DeCosta.
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Eliza's mother was a talented artist without much time for family—until she died. Now, she needs Eliza for her last shot at fame, whatever the cost."The Scumbling" by J.C. Changmore is a haunting tale of ghosts, family, and broken love.
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Adam has inherited his grandmother's restaurant, where they serve sins—often covertly and illegally purchased from a nearby prison. When a customer sends back a dish, Adam is faced with questions he's not sure he wants to answer.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Story by T. M. Hurree, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by Sunny Osahn, edited by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Loni Kim and production assistance from Jenelle DeCosta.
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Alice meets a man who loves languages, who consumes them as one would a delicious meal. "Banhus" by M.E. Bronstein is a story about language, and conquest, and finding freedom.
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Xiomara's birthday is tomorrow. She figures she'll do some last-minute planning as she sets out to fix a solar panel—only to have her crush ask to keep her company. "Electric Waterfalls" by Ruth Joffre is a sweet meditation on love and belonging set in near-future Alaska.
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Esther and Chaviva are best friends who never expected to be each other's direct competition for an arranged match with an off-world boy whose family will pick the victor based on her baking skills. No matter which of them wins, the other will lose: can they find their way to a happily ever after? Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Story by Evalyn Broderick, edited by Rowan Morrison. Audio edition read by Danielle Bryn, edited by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Loni Kim and production assistance from Jenelle DeCosta.
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Junisa grows up under the care of two personal guardians — "Me and Seed Sheself." But Junisa is no longer a child, and her longtime guardians must reevaluate their role in her life.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Story by Celeste Rita Baker, edited by Rowan Morrison. Audio edition read by Simone McIntyre, edited by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Loni Kim and production assistance from Jenelle DeCosta.
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A young woman visits her mother's homeland for the first time, which has since been ravaged by war. "Hiraeth Heart" by Lulu Kadhim is a touching meditation on generational memory and home.
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An all-but-forgotten demigod bets everything on one last gambit to secure his future before he fades from existence.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Story by Guan Un, edited by Rowan Morrison. Audio edition read by Guan Un, edited by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Loni Kim and production assistance from Jenelle DeCosta.
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Cooking is a necessity, but it often requires a luxury of time that many—especially new immigrants—don't have. In "Ketchup Pork Chops and Foreign Potatoes", by C.H. Hung explores her experience of food and identity while growing up in the US.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Read by Mel Chu, Produced by Katalina Watt, and Edited by Aleksandra Hill.
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Charged with carrying on her family's magical tradition, Filio must choose between legacy and freedom. "Tomatoes" by Eugenia Triantafyllou is a story about roots: those we inherit and those we put down for ourselves. Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Read by Kat Kourbeti, Produced by Lian Xia Rose, and Edited by Rowan Morrison. Visit khoreomag.com & follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag.
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When you follow your dreams into the stars, there are places—and people—you must leave behind. "Sorry We Missed You!" is a touching meditation on family, identity, and dreams set aboard our favourite spaceship in the universe: The Flying Potato.
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A teenage girl's mother makes the best samosas in the world, but all is not as it seems. "My Mother's Samosas" by Malavika Praseed is a coming of age story about mixed-race identity, family conflict, and flawed perspectives.
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A young woman safeguards her birth mother's name: a string of pearls she carries in her mouth. This story explores transracial adoption and the intangible ways in which we anchor ourselves to identity.
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"Review for: Izakaya Tanuki" is a magical slice-of-life tale about yearning for that special dish from a home you can't return to, told in the form of a restaurant review. Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Read by Rue Dickey, Produced and Edited by Lian Xia Rose.
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Artwork: Aya Ghanameh
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What happens to recipes when they're transplanted to a new country? "Some Thoughts on Cuisine and Culture" reflects on how cuisine and interest in it changes when staples simply aren't available.
Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Read by Sophia Uy, Produced by Katalina Watt, Edited by Dev Agarwal
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"What South Asian Sci-Fi Can Tell Us About Our World" by Nudrat Kamal
This essay on South Asian genre fiction explores the rich tradition of SFF in South Asia and how contemporary voices build on these foundations and engage with the "violent colonial legacy of the subcontinent."
Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Read by Suna Dasi, Produced by Lian Xia Rose, Edited by Dev Agarwal
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Artwork: Cindy Fan
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"Cultureship" by Esther Alter
What do common roots mean in a future where humanity is so far-flung that Earth is more fable than fact? An exploration of the fragmentation of belief, historicity, and community.
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"tragedy of the sugarcane ghost" by Desirée Winns
Decades after his death, a murdered man possesses the son of his killer to finally settle the score between them. A harrowing story that explores the cost of vengeance.
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"You'll Understand When You're a Mom Someday" by Isabel J. Kim
Annalise does not survive childbirth, and yet, she lives. A story about family, loss, eldritch horrors, and just what it means to be home.
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"Evelina, My Tentacles!" by Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas
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"Nine-Tailed Heart" by Jessica Cho
A young woman meets a gumiho who promises to steal her heart. A story about stories: the legends we grow up with, and the ones we write for ourselves.
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Artwork: Cindy Fan
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"Our Bones Were the Mortar" by Anjali Patel
A young woman tries to escape the family business of necromancy – only to realize that Manhattan is just as rife with spirits. An existential horror tackling America’s history of slavery.
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Artwork: Isabelle Lin
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“For Future Generations” by Rachel Gutin
What do terrestrial traditions mean when you have to leave the only world you’ve ever known? This contemplative sci-fi explores the choices a rabbi must make for her congregation.
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“Green, Yellow, Red” by H. Pueyo
What happens when your loved ones disappear as the world falls apart… and no one notices? A powerful dystopian tale about family, memory, and political upheaval.
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“Love at the End” by Deborah Germaine Augustin
Sometimes, you meet the right person at the wrong time… and sometimes, the right time is the end of the world. A cli-fi story about love and courage.
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"Seeing Myself in Unexpected Places" by Jaime O. Mayer
As a transracially and transnationally adopted woman of color, I generally don’t enjoy “adoption” stories—with adoption as a defining character trait or plot point—by non-adoptee authors. But books have a wonderful ability to pleasantly surprise me when I’m least expecting it.
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"Golden Girl" by A.M. Guay
Jasy never feared photographs... until she was torn from home and adopted by a 'perfect' family. "Golden Girl” by A.M Guay interrogates transracial adoption by way of Get Out & The Stepford Wives.
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"Grandma Stories and the Gaps They Bridge" by C.H. Hung
In "Grandma Stories and the Gaps They Bridge," C.H. Hung explores the importance of accepting that stories from one's heritage can evolve--and that it’s ok to tell them in your own voice, to create something new while paying homage to your origins.
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"A Little History of Things Lost and Found" by Shingai Njeri Kagunda.
The trees always spoke to Muta—until she lost herself in grief. Now, Karura Forest is silent; now, Nairobi beckons with noise and life. Can she find a way back to the whispering leaves?
Copyright khōréō magazine 2021 Read by Amina Koroma, Produced by Katalina Watt, Edited by Aleksandra Hill
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"Vampirito" by K. Victoria Hernandez.
Eli is—one hundred percent, without a doubt—vampiro, but he’s missing all the stereotypical traits. Is there room for him to exist in a world where everyone has already decided who and what he is?
Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Read by Héctor González, Produced by Katalina Watt, Edited by Rowan Morrison.
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"All Worlds Left Behind" by Iona Datt Sharma in khōréō 1.1.
Priya’s grandfather found Amarnath Noy, but the family's ties to it weaken with each generation. Can Priya still find comfort there as she prepares for her father’s funeral and her upcoming wedding?
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"The Taste of Centuries, The Taste of Home" by Jennifer Hudak in khōréō 1.1. Skelly’s grandmother is teaching her to bake challah, an old recipe from Earth. But is preserving tradition enough when a portal to her grandmother’s world beckons? Narrated by CJ Applebaum, Produced by Katalina Watt, and Edited by Lian Xia Rose Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @KhoreoMag. Artwork: Lucia Li Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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"The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han" by Maria Dong in khōréō 1.1.
For Grant Rutherford, work is both life and legacy - but when he dies a mere week after his wife, what he leaves behind will have metaphysical reverberations he could never have foreseen.
Narrated by June Yoon, Produced by Katalina Watt, and Edited by Rowan Morrison
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