POETRY
Charitable Poetry
Messages from Japanese coronavirus-relief donors highlight a history of cultural exchange with China
FICTION
The Apparitions | Short Story
The short story interweaves folklore with a modern setting to examine the relation between the spiritual and the secular
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Escapades at Blue Lake Manor | Short Story
An isolated Danish literary retreat forces four writers to confront the perils of their craft
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The Precious Thing | Short Story
In this sci-fi tale, a soldier uses a talisman from the past to stay human—and pays a price for his decision
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Our Family Secret | Short Story
Writer Yang Fei captures the suffocating yet familiar patterns of domestic life in this enigmatic tale
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Getting Lucky | Short Story
Part 2 of Kang Fu’s whimsical modern take on “Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio”
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Ticket to Tomorrow | Short Story
In this short sci-fi tale, two friends take different paths to the future—but only one will make peace with the present
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The Socialite | Short Story
As a fading Chinese-American aristocrat meets the mainland’s nouveau riche, they discover that the more things change, the more they stay the same
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Lighthouse | Short Story
Author An Wei explores the nature of reality and the self, and whether one has a choice to accept either
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I Love Spider-Man | Short Story
Chinese author Yi Bei explores roommate relations in a crowded Beijing apartment
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The Pigeon and the Bum | Short Story
A city’s renewal upends several human and animal lives—a tale from Chinese author Jiang Zijian
