Last Updated: July 9, 2026
Daughters of the Sun and Moon
by Lisa See
In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty, and violent pueblo of Los Angeles. Each woman has her own desires. Together they face a larger society that wishes them not one ounce of good will. Anti-Chinese sentiment is strong in Los Angeles, and this eventually leads to the Night of Horrors during which all three women are challenged in ways they could not have imagined.
Pool House
by Mary H.K. Choi
Stevie cannot escape her mother. Abandoning college plans to work a dead-end job, her days are a purgatorial bore. Moon is many things: an out-of-work actress, a recovering addict, whatever a mistress becomes when she’s widowed, and a mother. Reeling in the aftermath of her lover and TV husband’s death, Moon struggles to process her grief. And the last thing she expects is for Stevie to leave her too. Now, neither Stevie nor Moon can afford to quit each other.
Seek Immediate Shelter
by Vincent Yu
On an otherwise unremarkable morning, the residents of a small town in Massachusetts all receive the same alert: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Confronted with the options of fight or flight, planning or panicking, the people of Beckitt are stripped to their basest instincts and revealed as their truest selves.
Men Like Ours
by Bindu Bansinath
A darkly funny and moving story about death, life, and community in a South Asian suburban enclave of New Jersey.
Livonia Chow Mein
by Abigail Savitch-Lew
In 1978, two tenements on Livonia Avenue in Brownsville burn to the ground, killing one resident and displacing dozens of others. Who set the building ablaze remains unclear but the survivors are convinced the culprit is Mr. Wong. Who exactly is Mr. Wong, and what allegedly drove him to this extraordinary act of violence?