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5.3 The Moon's Forests Burn All Your Life by brandon brown
A woman slowly smokes herself to death to protest an atrocity. When her cigarette supply runs low, a local kid grappling with both the protest and the atrocity brings her a cigar.
Content warnings: Self-harm (smoking), references to genocide, a dead body, autopsy, body horror
Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by brandon brown, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Jordan Moore, with production by Lian Xia Rose and casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
Subscribe to khōréō at Weightless Books or on Patreon.
Visit khoreomag.com for more stories and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag for the latest news and updates.
Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0
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A woman slowly smokes herself to death to protest an atrocity. When her cigarette supply runs low, a local kid grappling with both the protest and the atrocity brings her a cigar.
Content warnings: Self-harm (smoking), references to genocide, a dead body, autopsy, body horror
Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by brandon brown, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Jordan Moore, with production by Lian Xia Rose and casting by Jenelle DeCosta.
Subscribe to khōréō at Weightless Books or on Patreon.
Visit khoreomag.com for more stories and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag for the latest news and updates.
Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0