Aliens who share distant human ancestors with Earthlings arrive on Earth seeking refuge, and their African lineage run into issues with the US government.

Content warnings: Racism, genocide

Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Chris Campbell, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Mike Castoro and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.

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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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Deb is dead set on getting a pedicure, now, damn anyone else's time! But the Universe has its own plans, and she's not the only VIP to walk through the doors of SALON LA BELLE, eager to have her wish granted.

Content warnings: Blood, violence, death, racism

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Cindy Phan, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Tricia Nguyen and Griffin Puatu, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.

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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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Rival figure skaters use dangerous body modification technology to outperform each other in the rink.

Content warnings: Racism

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Claire Jia-Wen, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Lauren Choo 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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“A Little Like Sap, a Bit Like a Tree” by Natalia Theodoridou is a story about a transmasc nursing birds, based on true events.

Content warnings: Blood, breastfeeding, loss of a child (not shown)

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Natalia Theodoridou, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by Rue Dickey, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.

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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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“In the Age of Fire” by Ana Rüsche follows the journey of a boy from Panama to the United States, through the immigration crisis and the climate crisis, to meet creatures from future generations in the caldera of a volcano.

Content warnings: Discrimination and violence against immigrants (including children), mentions of death, climate change and eco-anxiety

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Ana Rüsche, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Elissa Park and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.

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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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Nuran struggles with her mental health and an abusive household. Is escape possible with a voice down the well?

Content warnings: Mental Illness, death

Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Esra Kahya, translated from Turkish by Aysel K. Basci, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Shakyra Dunn and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.

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.