FICTION
A Fruitful Year | Short Story
A mother and daughter's life is transformed by the unlikely arrival of a boy, a man, and a pigeon
FICTION
Red and White | Short Story
Cheng Huizi tells a heartfelt story of the love between mother and daughter in a society that often values sons more highly
FICTION
Threads in the Cosmos | Short Story
Author Tang Fei spins a yarn about alien sheep and intergalactic ties that bind
FICTION
Elastic Girls | Short Story
A tale of Old Shanghai, fluid identities, and the unreliability of memory
POETRY
Poetry That Delivers
Wang Jibing, China’s “delivery driver poet,” talks to TWOC about getting inspired on the road and not letting online trolls get the better of him
FICTION
Flight | Short Story
In this short story from established sci-fi author Chi Hui, the human race dreams of flight against the wishes of aggressive, legalistic alien overlo…
POETRY
Another Kind of Wheat | Poetry
A fresh poetry translation from Cang Bai on the humble wheat crop
FICTION
Spring Days Past | Short Story
In Shen Shuzhi’s depiction of waning village life, a “left-behind” child comes to terms with loneliness growing up with his grandmother
FICTION
Epidemic | Short Story
As a mysterious illness ravages the population, one youngster goes on a journey in search of the terrible truth
FICTION
Liberation Day | Short Story
Author Han Jinliang’s contribution to the growing body of Chinese Covid literature on pandemic restrictions and collective loss
