The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories

Table of Contents The Stars We Raised 逃跑星辰 Xiu Xinyu 修新羽 Translated by Judy Yi Zhou 周易 The Tale of Wude’s Heavenly Tribulation 五德渡劫记 Count E E 伯爵 Translated by Mel “etvolare” Lee What Does the Fox Say? 狐狸说什么？ Xia Jia 夏笳 This irreverent exploration of language and translation in flash fiction form was originally written in English by Xia Jia Blackbird 黑鸟 Shen Dacheng 沈大成 Translated by Cara Healey 贺可嘉 The Restaurant at the End of Universe: Tai-Chi Mashed Taro 宇宙尽头的餐馆之太极芋泥 Anna Wu 吴霜 Translated by Carmen Yiling Yan 言一零 Essay: The Futures of Genders in Chinese Science Fiction Jing Tsu 石静远 Baby, I Love You 宝贝宝贝我爱你 Zhao Haihong 赵海虹 Translated by Elizabeth Hanlon 韩恩立 A Saccharophilic Earthworm 嗜糖蚯蚓 BaiFanRuShuang白饭如霜 Translated by Ru-Ping Chen 陈汝平 The Alchemist of Lantian 蓝田半人 BaiFanRuShuang白饭如霜 Translated by Ru-Ping Chen 陈汝平 The Way Spring Arrives 春天来临的方式 Wang Nuonuo 王诺诺 Translated by Rebecca F. Kuang 匡灵秀 Essay: Translation as Retelling: An Approach to Translating Gu Shi’s “To Procure Jade” and Ling Chen’s “The Name of the Dragon” Yilin Wang 王艺霖 The Name of the Dragon 应龙 Ling Chen 凌晨 Translated by Yilin Wang 王艺霖 To Procure Jade 得玉 Gu Shi 顾适 Translated by Yilin Wang 王艺霖 A Brief History of Beinakan Disasters as Told in a Sinitic Language 衡平公式 Nian Yu 念语 Translated by Ru-Ping Chen 陈汝平 Essay: Is There Such a Thing as Feminine Quietness? A Cognitive Linguistics Perspective Emily Xueni Jin 金雪妮 Dragonslaying 屠龙 Shen Yingying 沈璎璎 Translated by Emily Xueni Jin 金雪妮 New Year Painting, Ink and Color on Rice Paper, Zhaoqiao Village 年画 Chen Qian 陈茜 Translated by Emily Xueni Jin 金雪妮 The Portrait 画妖 Chu Xidao 楚惜刀 Translated by Gigi Chang 张菁 The Woman Carrying a Corpse 背尸体的女人 Chi Hui 迟卉 Translated by Judith Huang 錫影 The Mountain and the Secret of Their Names 山和名字的秘密 Wang Nuonuo 王诺诺 Translated by Rebecca F. Kuang 匡灵秀 Essay: Net Novels and the “She Era”: How Internet Novels Opened the Door for Female Readers and Writers in China Xueting Christine Ni 倪雪亭 Essay: Writing and Translation: A Hundred Technical Tricks Rebecca F. Kuang 匡灵秀