
A River Begins or Ends
We prayed Isabel was pregnant when she woke up half the village screaming because she saw the pirarucu in her dreams. That’s the only place
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Letter from the Editors
Zhui Ning Chang, Kanika Agrawal, Isabella Kestermann, and Danai Christopoulou
Coming soon: excerpt of Liar, Dreamer, Thief and an interview with its author, Maria Dong!
Interview with Naseem Jamnia
Questions by Aleksandra Hill
Excerpt: The Bruising of Qilwa
Out from Tachyon Publications
A River Begins or Ends
Fernanda Coutinho Teixeira
Museum of the Other Moon
A. Artemis Chen
Godweapon
Kel Coleman
Tender and Sweet
Lisobel Tang
So You Want to Make a Killing
Boon Carmen
The Post-History of a Planet
Samantha H. Chung
Deep Down Inside: Parasitism and Symbiosis Premee Mohamed
Cover: The Seed
Gusde Sidhi

We prayed Isabel was pregnant when she woke up half the village screaming because she saw the pirarucu in her dreams. That’s the only place

He wanted to say that his grandmother had passed away. He wanted to say that his mother believed she was returning to this world. He

Slip off the edge of the world and into my arms. Do you see the fortune teller seated at the high-top table in the back

Spring came late that year. The ewes were still heavy with milk when the letter arrived, its edges worn from hard travel. Dearest sister, it

My main problem with the twenty-sixth century is this: people just aren’t dying fast enough. It’s unsustainable. And offensive. I’m not talking about the effects

Tsetseg’s arms slither across her planet, soot scratching at her throat. She swallows, and fragments of ash tumble down her gullet. A meal that burns

Dear readers, Welcome to the second issue of khōréō Volume 6! The last months have been relatively quiet at team khōréō—we took a break from

About the Art: This artwork is my way of interpreting the karmic cycle. As I understand it, the karmic cycle is a cause-and-effect relationship. Something