The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories is a collection of translated stories, and essays, by women and non-binary writer. My most recent jaunt into the ever-broadening literary world that is Chinese speculative fiction. And it's an awesome one. These science-fiction and fantasy stories range from myth retellings and reimaginings, to brand new tales of love, wonder, and weirdness.
This collection is wicked! The stories are wild, beautiful, sad, creepy and all different. The essays are interesting, leaving one to ponder gender, modern spec fic, and translation itself.
My favourites were The Stars We Raised by Xiu Xinyu, What Does The Fox Say by Xia Jia and A Saccharophilic Earthworm by BaiFanRuShuang. (If someone could now tell me how to pronounce Saccharophilic that would be grand). I've included a little rose just for the Earthworm story, but many of these stories felt like they belonged nestled beside one's indoor plants.
