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Ascension - inspired by If at First You Donāt Succeed, Try, Try Again by Zen Cho
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Past a certain point, you stop being able to go home. At this point, when you have got this far from where you were from, the thread snaps. The narrative breaks. And you are forced, pastless, motherless, selfless, to invent yourself anew. At a certain point, this stops being sadābut who knows if any human has ever reached that point?
Zen Cho, "The Four Generations of Chang E" from Spirits Abroad
You already know we love Zen Cho, so we decided to do an easy breezy runthrough of the gayer stories in her ever-expanding short story colle
What more is there to say about Zen Cho? Read this collection and get charmed, get educated, get emotionally compromised.
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My copy of Zen Choās āSpirits Abroadā just arrived. :)))
āPrudence and the Dragonā was my introduction to Choās writing and it was so goddamn charming Iāve reread it several times since. Then I realized it was part of a collection of Zen Choās short stories, I listened to the audiobook on Libby (narrated by Emily Woo Zeller who did an AMAZING job), and I loved it so much I immediately ordered the above print copy. (And now Iām branching out into Choās full length novels, just started reading āSorcerer to the Crownā this week.)
Now Iām going to sing itās praises while keeping in the theme of this blog. Do you like monster romance? Do you like monster boyfriends, monster girlfriends, nonbinary monster datefriends? Queer monster romance? Do you want to read about non-western monsters/spirits/myths? READ SPIRITS ABROAD. Not every story in the collection has romance, but they all feature spirits/monsters from or inspired by Malaysian and Chinese stories/myth/folklore. Many of them also touch on immigration, diaspora, generational memory.
You can also find a lot of the stories from the collection online, free and legal! Iāll link to some below:
Prudence and the Dragon - near and dear to my heart. Monster romance, features Prudence, one of my favorite protagonists ever
If at First You Donāt Succeed, Try, Try Again - queer monster romance! This one made me a little weepy, but in a good way
Monkey King, Faerie Queen - not romance but ITāS SO GOOD PLEASE READ IT. One of my faves from the collection, itās just a really good time from start to finish.
The First Witch of Damansara - not romance. A story about family drama, and an undead grandma!
The House of the Aunts - teen monster romance. another one of my faves, this one is SO fun and charming and heart-wrenching please read it!!! (tw for mentions of pregnancy and death during childbirth)
The Four Generations of Chang E - the only sci-fi in the collection, I think. Features alien romance, kind of?
čµ·ē®ļ¼č”ē¤¼ (RISING LION ā THE LION BOWS) - not romance. A sweet ghost story.
Okay, this has been my ramble about how much I love this collection of short stories. Please check it out and come scream about it with me.
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I just love the way Zen Cho writes about magic. It's so unique and creative and you can tell how much love she has for it.
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What better way to deal with these unprecedented times than to wash all your worries away
āItās already suffering enough to be a woman,ā Ah Lee recited. āDonāt need people to eat you some more.ā
Zen Cho, "The House of Aunts" from Spirits Abroad
