We are celebrating 15 years — and counting — of stories that are deeply researched and deeply felt, that build a historical record of what the city has been.
We are celebrating 15 years — and counting — of stories that are deeply researched and deeply felt, that build a historical record of what the city has been.
Chung plays with form. In "Ruler of the Winds and Sands," the layout mimics a collapsing map. In standard print, this is a design gimmick. In a high-quality EPUB (especially on an e-ink device like a Kobo or a dark-mode tablet), font scaling and dynamic spacing become part of the narrative. You can zoom in on the "corruption" of the text. The curse feels like a glitch in your operating system.
There is an urban legend among BookTok users that if you read the Cursed Bunny EPUB on a device with low battery, the final paragraph of "Home" will drain it to zero. That is, of course, not true. But it feels true. Absolutely. But choose your format wisely. cursed bunny epub
Here is why the digital version is the definitive way to experience the curse: Chung plays with form
From the tragic, scatological reality of "The Head" (about a toilet that produces gold) to the devastating "Cursed Bunny" (a tale of vengeance and capitalist greed involving a lamp that produces a bloody rabbit), the collection never sits still. It is gross, hilarious, and profoundly lonely. Why specifically call out the EPUB format? Because Cursed Bunny is a collection about reproduction, mutation, and transmission. In a physical paperback, the stories are static—trapped between glue and paper. In an EPUB, they breathe. In a high-quality EPUB (especially on an e-ink
If you want a beautiful objet d’art for your shelf, buy the paperback (the Algonquin Books edition has stunning cover art by Jangsan Kim).
By J. Kim, Senior Digital Literary Editor