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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  Weightle...

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 Ch...

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 H...

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 an...

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 . Vi...

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 ....

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, wit...

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 ...

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 mag...

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...

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...

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 stor...

"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 kh...

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 . Visi...

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 fo...

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...

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 D...

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  khoreom...

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....

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...

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 Twit...

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 Lea...

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 Norma...

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.c...

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. Mus...