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觀自在 -- 香港酷兒小說短篇集二〇二六
這是香港酷兒文學難得一見的盛會。
具出版經驗的作者林三維、永若晴、黃可偉、洪嘉等人，與來自不同領域的寫作新人青木、楚翹、一蓮、喬喬、李楊力等，酷兒與非酷兒作者，共同書寫性小眾題材，深入探索自我審視與他者凝望中邊緣族群的生存狀態。
風格迥異的九篇作品，有遊走寫實與魔幻之間的類童話，有近未來的偽科幻，有日系青春與美少女，有傷痕累累的創傷與療癒之不能，你與我或許是雙身，拋棄與被拋棄，等待與前行也可並行。
個別篇章內容露骨卻沒有骨感，談性卻不性感，敬希讀者慎服。
[An anthology of Hong Kong queer fiction]
具出版經驗的作者林三維、永若晴、黃可偉、洪嘉等人，與來自不同領域的寫作新人青木、楚翹、一蓮、喬喬、李楊力等，酷兒與非酷兒作者，共同書寫性小眾題材，深入探索自我審視與他者凝望中邊緣族群的生存狀態。
風格迥異的九篇作品，有遊走寫實與魔幻之間的類童話，有近未來的偽科幻，有日系青春與美少女，有傷痕累累的創傷與療癒之不能，你與我或許是雙身，拋棄與被拋棄，等待與前行也可並行。
個別篇章內容露骨卻沒有骨感，談性卻不性感，敬希讀者慎服。
[An anthology of Hong Kong queer fiction]
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Published May 20, 2026
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July 28, 2026An anthology of recent Hong Kong queer-themed short fiction. The editor is Ka Hung, whose PLAYLIST and 貓書 I consider some of the most interesting fiction I've come across coming out of Hong Kong.
The range of approaches is interesting, from a magic realist piece, to proto-science fiction, to slice-of-life narratives. Hong Kong is of course a very inhospitable place for Western notions of queerness. Many of these stories seem more than a little uptight, and traverse unsurprising tropes of dealing with family and Asian societal traditions.
Which makes Ka Hung's own novelette all the more refreshing and engaging. The title "Nine Monsters" refers to the gay dating app 9monsters.com, which is popular in Asia. Told by multiple narrators in nine (again!) loosely connected non-sequential fragments, we piece together the big picture from each POV; the characters, all living in Hong Kong, include various gay and bisexual men hooking up, dealing with the closet and commitment, affairs with men and women, etc. We glean subtle details via brief exchanges and snatches of gossip.
Ka Hung's prose is as usual mostly understated and economical, and cliche-free. The ending is maybe a bit too dramatic, but overall this was one of the best queer Chinese language stories I've come across. It reminds me more than a little of Jun Li's Queerpanorama, a recent queer Hong Kong movie that also has an unusual approach to narrative, and has its share of quiet surprises:
https://letterboxd.com/film/queerpano...
The range of approaches is interesting, from a magic realist piece, to proto-science fiction, to slice-of-life narratives. Hong Kong is of course a very inhospitable place for Western notions of queerness. Many of these stories seem more than a little uptight, and traverse unsurprising tropes of dealing with family and Asian societal traditions.
Which makes Ka Hung's own novelette all the more refreshing and engaging. The title "Nine Monsters" refers to the gay dating app 9monsters.com, which is popular in Asia. Told by multiple narrators in nine (again!) loosely connected non-sequential fragments, we piece together the big picture from each POV; the characters, all living in Hong Kong, include various gay and bisexual men hooking up, dealing with the closet and commitment, affairs with men and women, etc. We glean subtle details via brief exchanges and snatches of gossip.
Ka Hung's prose is as usual mostly understated and economical, and cliche-free. The ending is maybe a bit too dramatic, but overall this was one of the best queer Chinese language stories I've come across. It reminds me more than a little of Jun Li's Queerpanorama, a recent queer Hong Kong movie that also has an unusual approach to narrative, and has its share of quiet surprises:
https://letterboxd.com/film/queerpano...
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