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"The beheaded tilapia nudged teasingly against the riverbank in a bloody soup, staining the lush weeds beneath the little girl’s feet. Oblivious to the stench, she squatted beside the muddy water, her gaze tracking over the dead fish. There were a dozen of...
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A Jakarta creative invited to a Sumatran village is haunted by the colonial and neocolonial violence brought to life by the tale of a white crocodile. Content warnings: Blood, animal death, mention of self-harm Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by...
In Japanese-occupied Malaya, an older Chinese immigrant reflects on his arrival to this land in his youth and embarks on a daring rescue. Content warnings: Blood Copyright © 2025 khōréō magazine. Story by Joshua Lim, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio...
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You've been in this club before, because you've been in a thousand like it. Each night a loop. Except this one is too familiar—and not quite right. Read about love and loss on the dance floor in "This Is What You Came For" by Phong Quan. Copyright khōréō...
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Ni Darti is determined to curse Herman Willem Daendels, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, for the death of her son. But a shaman cannot curse someone he does not know—and so, Ni Darti embarks on a quest to learn what she can of the colonizer....
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PseudoPod 873: A Box of Hair and Nail is a PseudoPod original. “This story was inspired by an urban myth that terrified my mum when she was a teenager in Malaysia. The legend went that if you didn’t dispose of your nail and hair clippings carefully, an...
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"Love at the End" by Deborah Germaine Augustin Sometimes, you meet the right person at the wrong time… and sometimes, the right time is the end of the world. A cli-fi story about love and courage. Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Read by Su Ling Chan,...
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“Little Worm” was originally published in the anthology Black Cranes Ping-ping-ping-ping. The incessant chiming underscored the cabbie’s music and the occasional blare of a horn. Theresa wondered what the hell it was as she braced herself. There were no...
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