A man sets out on a voyage accompanied by his fiancée's right arm.

Content warnings: Violence (graphic), threat of bodily harm, covert misogyny

Copyright © 2026 khōréō magazine. Story by Natalia Theodoridou, edited by Isabella Kestermann. Audio edition read by Mark Mullens, with production by Lian Xia Rose and casting by Jenelle DeCosta.

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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0