BOOKS
The Beasts Within
Yan Ge’s zoological thriller blurs the boundary between savagery and civilization
Chinese Novel
FICTION
Sixty-Degree Grassland Liquor | Short Story
A clash of values on the fast-disappearing Mongolian grassland
FICTION
Our Family Secret | Short Story
Writer Yang Fei captures the suffocating yet familiar patterns of domestic life in this enigmatic tale
FICTION
Getting Lucky | Short Story
Part 2 of Kang Fu’s whimsical modern take on “Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio”
BOOKS
Give Me a Girl at Age Eighteen
Feng Tang’s once-scandalous debut has aged as badly as its adolescent narrator
FICTION
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
FICTION
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
