A Croat refugee comes to terms with his trauma through studying metaphorical maps to his own lostness.

Content warnings: Graphic wartime violence and implied torture, death of friends and strangers, hateful language directed at ethnic groups, mental illness

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Angelisa Fontaine-Wood, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Goran Kramarić and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.

A young scientist struggles to find purpose in life after being left behind by those fleeing a post-apocalyptic Earth.

Content warnings: Suicide and suicidal ideation, death, and animal death

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Madeleine Vigneron, edited by Sachiko Ragosta. Audio edition read by Loretta Chang and produced by Melissa Ren, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.

Someone has to be the best at something, and when a new technology begets a new sport, it may as well be her.

Content warnings: Knife violence, blood, death

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by E. A. Xiong, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Alexa Aguinaldo, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.

Peace (Filipino, Scorpio, middle child) encounters Leon, a shapeshifter. Leon's inability to commit to one form challenges Peace's concept of identity during a time when her professional reputation and cultural authenticity have come into question.

Content warnings: References to ICE/deportation

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Jason Pangilinan, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Angelita Esperanza, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.

A family vacation in the mountains takes a weird turn when they are forced to choose what to bring and what to leave behind.

Content warnings: Violence, war, animal cruelty, death, intergenerational trauma

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Leslie What, edited by Sachiko Ragosta. Audio edition read by Rebecca Jensen Uesugi and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.

A family living under oppression hides their magic in a song passed down the generations. Take Up Thy Mother's Song is a story about when to choose survival and when to fight back, and when these are one and the same.

Content warnings: Graphic violence, blood, death of a parent

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Natasha King, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Danielle Baylor and produced by Melissa Ren, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.

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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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The Wolf is Piroska's sister, and they play with bombs in the backyard of their new home. Is Piroska wolf enough to survive?

Content warnings: Threat of violence, imagined bodily injury

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Varju Izzy, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Lily Aranyos and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting and directing by Jenelle DeCosta.

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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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What happens when you come home and home is in pieces, and everyone is gone? Here, unruly spirits and old memories are dredged up in this act of reclaiming and healing.

Content warnings: Depictions of the aftermath of war, indirect mentions of death

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Anna Bendiy, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Danielle Bryn, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.

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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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