Nov 30, 2023
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,...
Nov 16, 2023
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...
Nov 2, 2023
"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...