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khōréō
khōréō, Volume 1, Issue 1
The first issue of khōréō, a magazine of speculative fiction by immigrant and diaspora writers.
Table of Contents:
"The Taste of Centuries, the Taste of Home" by Jennifer Hudak
Skelly’s grandmother is teaching her to bake challah, an old recipe from Earth. But is preserving tradition enough when a portal to her grandmother’s world beckons?
"Vampirito" by K. Victoria Hernandez
Eli is—one hundred percent, without a doubt—vampiro, but he’s missing all the stereotypical traits. Is there room for him to exist in a world where everyone has already decided who and what he is?
"A Little History of Things Lost & Found" by Shingai Njeri Kagunda
The trees always spoke to Muta—until she lost herself in grief. Now, Karura Forest is silent; now, Nairobi beckons with noise and life. Can she find a way back to the whispering leaves?
"The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han" by Maria Dong
For Grant Rutherford, work is both life and legacy—but when he dies a mere week after his wife, what he leaves behind will have metaphysical reverberations he could never have foreseen.
"All Worlds Left Behind" by Iona Datt Sharma
Priya’s grandfather found Amarnath Noy, but the family's ties to it weaken with each generation. Can Priya still find comfort there as she prepares for her father’s funeral and her upcoming wedding?
"Grandma Stories and the Gaps They Bridge,"
This issue's non-fiction explores the importance of accepting that stories from one's heritage can evolve--and that it’s ok to tell them in your own voice, to create something new while paying homage to your origins.
Table of Contents:
"The Taste of Centuries, the Taste of Home" by Jennifer Hudak
Skelly’s grandmother is teaching her to bake challah, an old recipe from Earth. But is preserving tradition enough when a portal to her grandmother’s world beckons?
"Vampirito" by K. Victoria Hernandez
Eli is—one hundred percent, without a doubt—vampiro, but he’s missing all the stereotypical traits. Is there room for him to exist in a world where everyone has already decided who and what he is?
"A Little History of Things Lost & Found" by Shingai Njeri Kagunda
The trees always spoke to Muta—until she lost herself in grief. Now, Karura Forest is silent; now, Nairobi beckons with noise and life. Can she find a way back to the whispering leaves?
"The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han" by Maria Dong
For Grant Rutherford, work is both life and legacy—but when he dies a mere week after his wife, what he leaves behind will have metaphysical reverberations he could never have foreseen.
"All Worlds Left Behind" by Iona Datt Sharma
Priya’s grandfather found Amarnath Noy, but the family's ties to it weaken with each generation. Can Priya still find comfort there as she prepares for her father’s funeral and her upcoming wedding?
"Grandma Stories and the Gaps They Bridge,"
This issue's non-fiction explores the importance of accepting that stories from one's heritage can evolve--and that it’s ok to tell them in your own voice, to create something new while paying homage to your origins.
- GenresFantasyShort Stories
80 pages, ebook
First published February 15, 2021
22 people want to read
About the author
Aleksandra Hill
16 books11 followersAleksandra 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.
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April 27, 2021
khōréō is the magazine that I never knew I needed, sharing the stories that I didn’t realize could touch my heart so much. I spent a good portion of my time reading this shedding tears alongside the words. There is no way to really explain what it feels like to finally start being seen, and told that it is okay for you to be 100% you, even if you get some of other people’s story wrong. Of course it is an endless and continuous journey, but khōréō has given me a piece of it, and I am in love with that feeling. Thank you.
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May 11, 2021
I read 'A Little History of Things Lost & Found," by Shingai Njeri Kagunda. Very rich story with a lot of elements. I'll need to read it again, I think.
January 3, 2022
All around I think I liked all of the stories in this issue, there is a shared dreamlike quality, as well as connections of food to family history and a world left behind in almost all of them. The real standout for me was "All Worlds Left Behind" by Iona Datt Sharma, it just has this sad whimsy that really clicked, as well as the non-fiction essay "Grandma Stories and the Gaps They Bridge."
April 27, 2021
The Taste of Centuries, the Taste of Home by Jennifer Hudak
This was a beautiful, touching story. Clearly, this was a study of Alzheimer's and it rang incredibly true, but accessible. Cleverly cloaked in the passing down of a beloved family recipe, but about Alzheimer's nonetheless.
This was a beautiful, touching story. Clearly, this was a study of Alzheimer's and it rang incredibly true, but accessible. Cleverly cloaked in the passing down of a beloved family recipe, but about Alzheimer's nonetheless.
June 1, 2021
Every story in this first volume of khōréō magazine has a piece of my heart, but I really, really loved "The Taste of Centuries, the Taste of Home", because smells and food are what I miss the most from my home.
May 2, 2021
Never have I felt so seen by a magazine. These stories are full of the common experience and hope of being a child of a diaspora
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