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| 6.1 Banquet for All! by Jesutomisin Ipinmoye | 22 Sep 2026 | 00:38:58 | |
As famine hits southwestern Nigeria, a family is forced to battle not only hunger and disease, but an insistent curse. Content warnings: Death, non-graphic body horror Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by Jesutomisin Emmanuel Ipinmoye, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by James Pierre, with production by Aaron Kling and 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 | |||
| 6.1 The Tale of Afonso by Dea Anugrah | 01 Sep 2026 | 00:16:20 | |
A Jakarta creative invited to a Sumatran village is haunted by the colonial and neocolonial violence brought to life by the tale of a white crocodile. Content warnings: Blood, animal death, mention of self-harm Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by Dea Anugrah, translated by Annie Tucker, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Brian Long, with production by Grayson Norman and 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 | |||
| 6.1 Letters from Light's End by Phoenix Alexander | 13 Aug 2026 | 00:40:05 | |
An astronaut caught in the accretion disk of a black hole sends desperate messages to his lover and children back on Earth. But time is running out to escape — and there are forces in the universe far stronger, and stranger, than love. Content warnings: Death, homophobia, suicide Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by Phoenix Alexander, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Mike Castoro, with production by and 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 | |||
| 6.1 This Kingdom, Your Ficus; Its Belly, Your Fig by Lowry Poletti | 28 Jul 2026 | 00:34:36 | |
The sorcerer needs an heir. Not of her own flesh and blood, but sired—as she was—by one of the jungle's spirit-walking tigers and imbued with their primal magic. All of paradise is hers to offer, so what is she to do when the tiger refuses her deal? Content warnings: Animal death, blood, coerced reproductive labor, drug use, attempted sexual assault (discussed), indentured servitude, violence Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by Lowry Poletti, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Tiffany Liu Veprinski and Ana Elisa Rubio, with production and 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 | |||
| 6.1 In My Time of Dreaming by Megan Chee | 21 Jul 2026 | 00:32:13 | |
When the real world becomes unbearable, what would you sacrifice for the chance to live in a dream? Content warnings: Euthanasia, death and dying, implied eugenics Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by Megan Chee, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by byclarivoice, with production by Lian Xia Rose and 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 | |||
| 5.4 The Trick to Taking Over the World by K. Lynn Harrison | 26 May 2026 | 00:28:31 | |
In a post-apocalyptic world, a mother accidentally becomes a leader and a god. Content warnings: Death of a spouse, natural disasters, references to pre-disaster ableism Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by K. Lynn Harrison, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by K. Lynn Harrison, with production by Grayson Norman and 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
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| 5.4 The Body is a Cage Opened Only By Fire by J.A.W. McCarthy | 05 May 2026 | 00:32:13 | |
A woman returns to burn the last of her mother's body, in the wake of her mother's death — an effort to escape a dark entity that has sealed itself to the bones of three generations of Thai women. Content warnings: Racism, ageism, self-harm, blood, dismemberment/amputation, fire, child abandonment, implied sexual assault Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by J.A.W McCarthy, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by Rebecca Jensen Uesugi, 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 | |||
| 5.4 Skin and Hide by Anita Moskát | 28 Apr 2026 | 00:29:31 | |
Deerbreed blogger Kirill wants to tell the story of worldwide human-animal transformations, but the Flock is calling to him. Content warnings: Classism, animal cruelty, body horror This piece is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the novel Skin and Hide. Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by by Anita Moskát, translated by Austin Wagner, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Yasmine Haj, with production by Aaron Kling and 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 | |||
| 5.4 The North by Subodhana Wijeyeratne | 08 Apr 2026 | 00:32:35 | |
A young scribe joins a voyage to hunt sea creatures in waters that once belonged to the feared Northerners, but the truth behind the Northern myths is more complex than they first believed. Content warnings: Animal cruelty and death, use of the r-word Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by Subodhana Wijeyeratne, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Raymond Feliz, with production and 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 | |||
| 5.4 Her Right Arm by Natalia Theodoridou | 25 Mar 2026 | 00:35:22 | |
A man sets out on a voyage accompanied by his fiancée's right arm. Content warnings: Violence (graphic), threat of bodily harm, covert misogyny Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by Natalia Theodoridou, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Mark Mullens, with production by Lian Xia Rose and 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 | |||
| 5.3 Deep Down Inside: Parasitism and Symbiosis by Premee Mohamed | 04 Mar 2026 | 00:19:27 | |
An essay reflecting on parasitism, symbiosis, and the ideas of naturalisation and invasion in the issue. Content warnings: Parasitism, infection/sickness Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Essay by Premee Mohamed, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Camille Elizaga, with production by Aaron Kling and 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 | |||
| 5.3 The Moon's Forests Burn All Your Life by brandon brown | 11 Feb 2026 | 00:12:39 | |
A woman slowly smokes herself to death to protest an atrocity. When her cigarette supply runs low, a local kid grappling with both the protest and the atrocity brings her a cigar. Content warnings: Self-harm (smoking), references to genocide, a dead body, autopsy, body horror Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by brandon brown, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Jordan Moore, with production by Lian Xia Rose and 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
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| 5.3 Closed Doors by Mary Miseon Wu | 04 Feb 2026 | 00:28:45 | |
When her mother is absorbed into the local flesh monolith, Kayla struggles with her identity and looks for a way in. Content warnings: Violence, nudity, racism/discrimination, body horror Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by Mary Miseon Wu, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Elissa Park and Alice Shuang Wu, with production and 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
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| 5.3 Island Getaway by Sonia Focke | 07 Jan 2026 | 00:37:24 | |
Able Seaman Pol has a lot of problems — getting the cats fed, watered, and reporting for duty, keeping tree roots from destroying the wiring, the monkeys out of the pantry and the mines from exploding on deck. Talking octopuses, though? That was new. Content warnings: Mention of a battle in a flashback, threat of bombing, description of a panic attack and disassociation Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by Sonia Focke, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Chanisha Somatilaka, with production by Lian Xia Rose, casting by Jenelle DeCosta and additional sound by Scottie the cat. 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 | |||
| 5.3 Symbiote by T. Chiu-Chu | 23 Dec 2025 | 00:12:34 | |
It's about the things that become a part of you when you aren't paying attention, without your even realizing they're there. Copyright © 2025 khōréō magazine. Story by T. Chiu-Chu, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by D Casellian, with production by Aaron Kling and 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
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| 5.3 Toothpaste Feelings by Sharang Biswas | 16 Dec 2025 | 00:32:33 | |
An alien-human symbiote tries to sort out complicated feelings at his former friends' wedding. Content warnings: Brief mention of suicide Copyright © 2025 khōréō magazine. Story by Sharang Biswas, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by Eli Khanam and J Cuevas, with production and 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
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| 5.2 The Peculiarities of Hunger by Woody Dismukes | 04 Nov 2025 | 00:29:03 | |
A transnational adoptee is haunted by the ghost of his birth mother. Content warnings: Self-harm, suicidal ideation Copyright © 2025 khōréō magazine. Story by Woody Dismukes, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Sam Cavalcanti, with production by Grayson Norman and 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 | |||
| 5.2 Wax and Full Circles by Stefani Cox | 28 Oct 2025 | 00:28:24 | |
"Wax and Full Circles" is the quiet story of a couple navigating life where one of them is a werewolf. Content warnings: Death, animal death, grief Copyright © 2025 khōréō magazine. Story by Stefani Cox, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Xperience J, with production by Lian Xia Rose and 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 | |||
| 5.2 The Swampmasters by Joshua Lim | 21 Oct 2025 | 00:36:31 | |
In Japanese-occupied Malaya, an older Chinese immigrant reflects on his arrival to this land in his youth and embarks on a daring rescue. Content warnings: Blood Copyright © 2025 khōréō magazine. Story by Joshua Lim, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Sam Yeow, with production by Aaron Kling and 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 | |||
| 5.2 The Traveling Mountain by Diana Dima | 07 Oct 2025 | 00:12:29 | |
When a lonely mountain is visited by a wonderbird, she learns about the far-away White City, and sets out on an unlikely journey. Copyright © 2025 khōréō magazine. Story by Diana Dima, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by Kat Kourbeti, 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 Legs by Evgenia Nekrasova | 26 Aug 2025 | 00:20:45 | |
A young paramedic defies a military summons by heading into the forest, where she gradually builds a new home and becomes something more than human. Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Evgenia Nekrasova, translated from Russian by Marianna Suleymanova and edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Georgia Mckenzie and produced by Grayson Norman, 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 | |||
| 5.1 The Significance Cofactor by H.H. Pak | 13 Aug 2025 | 00:42:58 | |
A father bumbles his way through family domesticities as he makes his way to the airport. His children do not know he is not their father at all, but a stranger with a gruesome past, hard-earned advice, and a primal longing for a stolen life. Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by H.H. Pak, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by Cyrus Rodas, 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 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 4.4 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 4.4 AITA for telling my genetic double she cant be transgender? by Leon Tomova | 01 Apr 2025 | 00:22:54 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.4 The Doll's Boy by Kawai Shen | 04 Mar 2025 | 00:21:22 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.4 The Trauma Tourist by Christos Callow Jr | 18 Feb 2025 | 00:19:52 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley | |||
| 4.3 Nightskin's Landing by Chris Campbell | 28 Jan 2025 | 00:29:42 | |
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. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. 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 | |||
| 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 | |||