Chinese and Mexican Non Binary Magic and Happily Ever Afters

There are stories of a world beneath the lake made of air and water. The only ones to have seen it, though, are Bastián, who has their anxieties stored there in the form of living Mexican folk art statues, and Lore, who once went to the lake seeking refuge. Now, the underwater world is starting to come to the surface, threatening to bring all of Lore’s and Bastián’s secrets along with it. They have to work together to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Chase loves everything Disney and has started his first year of college to study animation. Naturally, he dreams of a Happily Ever After, but doesn’t quite think he’s good enough to have it. When he meets poet Jack, he’s still trying to figure out his gender identity and recovering from an eating disorder, but Jack seems to be one of the few people that really gets him. Together, they embark on a journey of self discovery, sex positivity, and healing. So basically, feelings!

Feast your eyes upon these 17 stories written, edited, and translated to English for the first time by a team of nonbinary and female creators.

Hungry? Journey to the end of the universe and eat at a restaurant where you pay your tab with a story in “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: Tai-Chi Mashed Taro” by Anna Wu, translated by Carmen Yiling Yan. Or, watch as stars are reared by young people on their own road to self discovery in “The Stars We Raised,” by Xiu Xinyu, translated by Judy Yi Zhou. Then there’s the titular tale by Wang Nuonuo and translated by Rebecca F. Kuang (author of The Poppy War) that tells of how a young woman and her companion learn of love and myth as they travel to sway the world’s oceans, bringing about spring.