khōréō, Volume 3, Issue 3

khōréō

by Aleksandra Hill (Editor), A.W. Prihandita (Contributor), Charis Loke, (Contributor)

khoreo magazine’s Volume 3, Issue 3. Originally published September 15, 2023. Includes three fantastic stories: “Dragonsworn” by L Chan (novelette), “The Blue Glow” by Lisa Hosokawa, and “The Cursing of Herman Willem Daendels” by A. W. Prihandita. Cover and spot art created by Charis Loke.

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First published September 15, 2023

About the author

Aleksandra Hill is a Polish-Canadian speculative fiction writer and the founder of khōréō, a magazine of speculative fiction by immigrant and diaspora writers. She earned an MFA at the New School in Fiction and Non-Fiction writing and is an alumna of the Odyssey Writers Workshop. In past lives, she earned a Ph.D. in computational biology and worked as a management consultant and a product manager.

Reviews

[Netanella · Rating 4 out of 5]

“The Blue Glow” by Lisa Hosokawa, about a Japanese soldier who returns to his home in Hiroshima looking for his mother. It's graphic in its depiction of the ravages left behind by the atomic destruction of the city. Not for the faint of heart, but very, very good. I especially appreciated the hearth spirits, the ancestral spirits that are revered at the center of every household. Such a sad story.

"The Cursing of Herman Willem Daendels" by A. W. Prihandita is another heartwrencher. This one is set in the early 17th century, in present day Jakarta, Indonesia, and tells of a grieving mother who wants revenge on the leader of the Dutch East India company for the death of her son in the construction of a building project. Colonialism, slavery, violence, death - these are all present in this poignant story of the mother's quest to make sense of the world after her son's death.

[Kathryn Atreides · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read Dragonsworn by L Chan