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| 5.1 möbius loop by Samir Sirk Morató | 15 Jul 2025 | 00:36:53 | |
A traumatized time traveler keeps traveling back to his past to punish his younger self. Over multiple loops, he learns to forgive himself. Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Samir Sirk Morató, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by Valentín Ángel Fernández, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta. Subscribe to khōréō at Weightless Books or on Patreon. Visit khoreomag.com for more stories and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag for the latest news and updates. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 5.1 Sun's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Emanations by Shiwei Zhou | 01 Jul 2025 | 00:29:58 | |
Dr. Sun, the solo practitioner of an extraordinary medical specialty, is asked to save one last patient by the protege who abandoned her. Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Shiwei Zhou, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Ishani Kanetkar and produced by E. Broderick, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta. Subscribe to khōréō at Weightless Books or on Patreon. Visit khoreomag.com for more stories and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag for the latest news and updates. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.3 The Universe & Miss Debbie by Cindy Phan | 07 Jan 2025 | 00:43:20 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.3 The Last Flesh Figure Skaters by Claire Jia-Wen | 12 Dec 2024 | 00:22:09 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.3 A Little Like Sap, a Bit Like a Tree by Natalia Theodoridou | 28 Nov 2024 | 00:18:31 | |
“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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.3 In the Age of Fire by Ana Rüsche | 15 Nov 2024 | 00:38:38 | |
“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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.3 Cuckoo by Esra Kahya, translated by Aysel K. Basci | 09 Nov 2024 | 00:15:09 | |
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. | |||
| 4.2 Mappamundi by Angelisa Fontaine-Wood | 26 Sep 2024 | 00:30:40 | |
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. | |||
| 4.2 Human Trials by Madeleine Vigneron | 05 Sep 2024 | 00:19:58 | |
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. | |||
| 4.2 Ace of Knives by E. A. Xiong | 29 Aug 2024 | 00:30:00 | |
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. | |||
| 4.2 High Performer by Jason Pangilinan | 22 Aug 2024 | 00:37:02 | |
Peace (Filipino, Scorpio, middle child) encounters Leon, a shapeshifter. Leon's inability to commit to one form challenges Peace's concept of identity during a time when her professional reputation and cultural authenticity have come into question. Content warnings: References to ICE/deportation Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Jason Pangilinan, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Angelita Esperanza, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta. | |||
| 4.2 Wayback by Leslie What | 16 Aug 2024 | 00:30:20 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 5.1 Cypress Teeth by Natasha King | 17 Jun 2025 | 00:16:47 | |
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. Subscribe to khōréō at Weightless Books or on Patreon. Visit khoreomag.com for more stories and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag for the latest news and updates. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.1 Take Up Thy Mother's Song by Natasha King | 27 Jun 2024 | 00:29:40 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.1 Piroska and the Wolf by Varju Izzy | 13 Jun 2024 | 00:15:20 | |
The Wolf is Piroska's sister, and they play with bombs in the backyard of their new home. Is Piroska wolf enough to survive? Content warnings: Threat of violence, imagined bodily injury Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Varju Izzy, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Lily Aranyos and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting and directing by Jenelle DeCosta. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.1 The Goddess of Loneliness and Misfortune by Anna Bendiy | 30 May 2024 | 00:33:19 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.1 Child's Tongue by Monique Laban | 16 May 2024 | 00:39:49 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.1 Intersected Sky by Andrew Najberg | 02 May 2024 | 00:36:32 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.4 Trees Can Have My Soul; in Return, Let Me Have My Grief by Rukman Ragas | 25 Apr 2024 | 00:11:23 | |
"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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley Sound effects by jcdecha and Samulis from freesound.org licensed under CC0 1.0 | |||
| 3.4 The Ancestors Tell You What to Do When Your Teenage Daughter Is Given a Cursed Wolf Skin from God and Becomes a Mardagayl by Jolie Toomajan | 18 Apr 2024 | 00:05:22 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.4 The Maiden Voyage of the Piranha Belle by L.M. Guay | 11 Apr 2024 | 00:12:47 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.4 RAIN FIRE CLOUD by Caroline Hung | 04 Apr 2024 | 00:14:20 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.4 Rhythms of the Resonant Revolution by Rodrigo Culagovski | 28 Mar 2024 | 00:14:23 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.4 Kolumbo 1619: Choose Your Own Adventure by KÁNYIN Olorunnisola | 13 May 2025 | 00:21:23 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.4 Pink Bird, War Sun by Tania Chen | 21 Mar 2024 | 00:04:36 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.4 Blue Cube by Prema Arasu | 14 Mar 2024 | 00:07:11 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.4 Ghost and the Piano by Sofia Ezdina | 07 Mar 2024 | 00:12:20 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.4 Homeland in Verse by Naomi Day | 29 Feb 2024 | 00:06:50 | |
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. Content warning: Intensive body modification Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Naomi Day, edited by Sachiko Ragosta. Audio edition read by R.P. Sand and produced by Melissa Ren, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.4 Seven Recipes for the Crossing by Diana Dima | 22 Feb 2024 | 00:10:10 | |
A daughter living overseas visits her mother. Their time is counted in recipes, familiar yet growing ever stranger. Content warning: Death Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Diana Dima, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by Rebecca Jensen Uesugi and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.4 Thank God Things Are Different Now by Desiree Winns | 15 Feb 2024 | 00:15:01 | |
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. Content warning: Mentions of death Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Desiree Winns, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Vince Ballou and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.4 When We Make it to Bet-Zelem by Louis Evans | 08 Feb 2024 | 00:07:23 | |
"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. Content warnings: War, violence, starvation, mass killing, animal death, displaced persons Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Louis Evans, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Louis Evans, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.4 Mad Studies by [sarah] Cavar | 01 Feb 2024 | 00:14:45 | |
Countryboy T loses their home after the deaths of their parents. Luckily, the cats have been in charge all along. Content warnings: Institutionalization, sanism, ableism, family death, animal death Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by [sarah] Cavar, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by [sarah] Cavar and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.3 Dragonsworn (Part 2 of 2) by L. Chan | 12 Jan 2024 | 00:34:00 | |
Feng, once indentured to the university in return for her studies, accompanies the Professor who bought her debt to the mountains. There, they expect to find a rare and tragic treasure: a dead dragon. This is Part 2 of "Dragonsworn" by L. Chan, the first novelette that khōréō has published. Content warnings: War, violence, death, animal death Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by L. Chan, edited by Rowan Morrison. Audio edition read by Shushu Huang and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.3 Dragonsworn (Part 1 of 2) by L. Chan | 21 Dec 2023 | 00:31:29 | |
Feng, once indentured to the university in return for her studies, accompanies the Professor who bought her debt to the mountains. There, they expect to find a rare and tragic treasure: a dead dragon. This is Part 1 of "Dragonsworn" by L. Chan, the first novelette that khōréō has published — stay tuned for Part 2 in two weeks! Content warnings: War, violence, death, animal death Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by L. Chan, edited by Rowan Morrison. Audio edition read by Shushu Huang and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.4 The Secret by Fumio Takano | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:32:29 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.3 The Cursing of Herman Willem Daendels by A.W. Prihandita | 30 Nov 2023 | 00:27:04 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.3 The Blue Glow by Lisa Hosokawa | 16 Nov 2023 | 00:26:17 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.2 Sartor by Tanvir Ahmed | 02 Nov 2023 | 00:24:20 | |
"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 Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.2 Memories of Memories Lost by Mahmud El Sayed | 12 Oct 2023 | 00:31:45 | |
"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 Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.2 Come Back, Crocodile Bird by M.S. Dean | 28 Sep 2023 | 00:31:16 | |
"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 Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley Sound effects by Defelozedd94, Guardian2433, kyles, Legnalegna55, NachtmahrTV, timsc, Australopithecusman, tothrec2, edsward, JarredGibb, Nox_Sound, Fission9 and ceich93 from freesound.org licensed under CC0 1.0 | |||
| 3.2 Umeboshi by Rebecca Nakaba | 21 Sep 2023 | 00:29:36 | |
"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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley Sound effects by jess90, p0lter, jptalty, jrsevers3, rodrigovaz, chris_dagorne, samijoslapaho, Leonardmedia.n, and KeshaFilm from freesound.org licensed under CC0 1.0 | |||
| 3.2 The Abode of the Palms by Karim Kattan | 14 Sep 2023 | 00:21:28 | |
“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 Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.2 Kwong's Bath by Angela Liu | 31 Aug 2023 | 00:24:33 | |
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 Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.1 The Field Guide for Next Time by Rae Mariz | 27 Jul 2023 | 00:36:49 | |
"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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.1 The Shadow and the Light by Su-Yee Lin | 13 Jul 2023 | 00:23:28 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.4 The Tangle by Rae Mariz | 15 Apr 2025 | 00:32:56 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.1 The Land of Happiness by Laura Wang | 06 Jul 2023 | 00:30:14 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.1 For However Long by Thomas Ha | 22 Jun 2023 | 00:13:35 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 3.1 In April, the Dead by Natalia Theodoridou | 08 Jun 2023 | 00:08:15 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley Sound effects by Cymeon from freesound.org licensed under CC0 1.0 | |||
| 2.4 This Is What You Came For by Phong Quan | 11 May 2023 | 00:29:19 | |
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 2023. 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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley Sound effects by Berwitz, pogmothoin, nuncaconoci, waveplaySFX, Teacoma, piwilliwillski, kbnevel, frankum, Slanted, NicholasJudy567, nicoproson, szegvari, inuetc, Johnnie_Holiday, FreqMan, EleAtWitsEnd, FlatHill, and jakobthiesen from freesound.org licensed under CC BY 4.0 and CC0 1.0 Additional loops from samplefocus.com. | |||