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AUGUST 17 *** 2127 *** 0608 E-HOURS ***VIRGO SUPERCLUSTER VIRGO “A” 74.907 Devon, I hope to God you get this message. Please read this to the girls as well. The Praetor’s hull has been breached and I don’t think we’re going to make it back. Damage begins from the forward fuselage, the whole fucking thing, […] The post Letters from Light’s End appeared first on khōréō .
Hear my words, Great Riashmanei, and I will deliver you paradise beyond your understanding. Riashmanei, I have divined our allegiance. I have cast aside the material world for seven days and seven nights until God wreathed me in the sight of you, red-coated and striped by the night, asleep in a bed of stars. Riashmanei, […] The post This Kingdom, Your Ficus; Its Belly, Your Fig appeared first on…
We live in a log cabin at the edge of a forest in winter, overlooking a frozen lake. The aurora borealis dances in the sky, ribbons of kaleidoscopic light reflected on the mirror-smooth surface of the ice. We spend our days ice-skating on the lake and reading novels by the fireplace. In the evenings, we […] The post In My Time of Dreaming appeared first on khōréō .
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 anyone ever saw him. The pirarucu swam in the scar of a river cutting through the edge of the village, came up for breath away from our eyes, searching for […] The post A River Begins or Ends appeared first on khōréō .
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 would tell everybody, “My mother believes my grandmother is being reincarnated as my child. That is why I am here, because my grandmother’s first language was Teochew.” But all this, […] The post Museum of the Other Moon appeared first on khōréō .
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 of the bar? The bar built out of the skeleton of a disreputable, old motorcycle factory that was known to some as “Betty’s” after dark? The fortune teller, the bar, […] The post Godweapon appeared first on khōréō .
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 read. The fires here are unstoppable. Hatred for our kind has choked the air until we cannot breathe. You said your husband’s people would not receive us, would not share […] The post Tender and Sweet appeared first on khōréō .
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 of overpopulation on the environment. When I say that people aren’t dying fast enough, I specifically mean those who can afford the very niche, very expensive services that I provide. […] The post So You Want to Make a Killing appeared…
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 inside. The city around her is a sun-bleached ruin. Even the buildings left standing are half crumbled, and she moves carefully to avoid damaging them more. They weren’t built to […] The post The Post-History of a Planet appeared first on khōréō .
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 submissions, so activity has been low outside of the steady work of preparing this issue for publication. As summer approaches, we’re swinging back into the thick of things: general submissions […] The post Letter from the Editors appeared first on khōréō .
