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"Dawn's Cozy Horror Corner: a queer Chinese diaspora horror short stories anthology" is a horror anthology which contains five stories featuring supernatural elements and young Chinese diaspora protagonists whose identities clash with the environment around them.
In "Bottle of Shame", a girl who can pull out people's shame must grapple with the gruesome consequences of the truth she reveals. In "The Girl with No Face", a girl slowly loses her facial features one at a time until she become a faceless horror who take vengeance upon her tormentor.
In "My Future Self Once Said", a girl is paid a visit from her future-self as a warning. In "Judge of the Underworld Household", the protagonist disagrees with the method her ancestor god who rules over the Chinese Underworld and the way he views crimes and punishment. In "Meet Your Demons", a girl is offered to be possessed by a demon and gladly accepts.
This is an anthology dealing with mental health issues, racism, feeling of displacement. It is for those who are lost in a foreign country and needs a cozy place to find themselves in.
In "Bottle of Shame", a girl who can pull out people's shame must grapple with the gruesome consequences of the truth she reveals. In "The Girl with No Face", a girl slowly loses her facial features one at a time until she become a faceless horror who take vengeance upon her tormentor.
In "My Future Self Once Said", a girl is paid a visit from her future-self as a warning. In "Judge of the Underworld Household", the protagonist disagrees with the method her ancestor god who rules over the Chinese Underworld and the way he views crimes and punishment. In "Meet Your Demons", a girl is offered to be possessed by a demon and gladly accepts.
This is an anthology dealing with mental health issues, racism, feeling of displacement. It is for those who are lost in a foreign country and needs a cozy place to find themselves in.