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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. Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Read by Torian Brackett, Produced by Lian Xia Rose, Edited by Aleksandra Hill Visit khoreomag.com & follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @Kho...

"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.  Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Read by Gowri Koneswaran, Produced by Katalina Watt, Edited by Lian Xia Rose Visit khoreomag.com & follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Artwork:...

"Evelina, My Tentacles!" by Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Read by Melissa Medina, Produced by Katalina Watt, Edited by Aleksandra Hill Visit khoreomag.com & follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Artwork: Cindy Fan Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0Free...

"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.  Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Read by Ashley E. Oh, Produced by Katalina Watt, Edited by Lian Xia Rose. Visit khoreomag.com & follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Artwork: Cindy Fan Music: Th...

"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.  Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Read by Xperience J, Produced by Katalina Watt, Edited by Aleksandra Hill. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and...

"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. Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Read by And Hollenbach, Produced by Katalina Watt, Edited by Rowan Morrison. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook...

What happens when your loved ones disappear as the world falls apart… and no one notices?

"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.  Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Read by Su Ling Chan, Produced by Katalina Watt, Edited by Rowan Morrison. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Artwork: Isab...

"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. Copyright khōréō mag 2021. Read by Sophia Uy, Produced by Katalina...

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. Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Story by A.M Guay, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by Melissa Medina and produced by Katalina Watt. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram,...

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. Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Essay by C.H. Hung, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by Eric Yang and produced by Katalina Watt. Visit khor...

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. Story by Shingai Njeri Kagunda, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by Amina Koroma and produced by Katalina Watt. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, a...

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. Story by K. Victoria Hernandez, edited by Rowan Morrison. Audio edition read by Héctor González and produced by Katalina Watt. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter...

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? Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Story by Iona Datt Sharma, edited by Lian Xia Rose. Audio edition read by Ishani Kanetkar and produced by Katalina Watt. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Fa...

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? Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Story by Jennifer Hudak, edited by Lian Xia Rose. Audio edition read by CJ Applebaum, and produced by Katalina Watt. Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @KhoreoMag. Artw...

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. Content warnings: Grief, medicalized illness, death of a loved one Copyright © 2021 khōréō magazine. Story by Maria Dong, edited by Rowan Morrison. Audio edition read by June Yoon and produced by Katalina Watt. M...