The stories here dig deep and unexpectedly into life's fundamentals-the elements and the passions-bringing into English, many for the first time, writers of stature from across the globe. offers an excellent selection of stories that differ in style, tone, and subject but unite around a common theme: what it is that we humans do to, and with, the world around us.' -Strange Horizons 'Stone, earth, water, ice, wind, and burning heat.

' -Booklist, starred review of That We May Live, 'A fantastic and deeply philosophical addition to Two Lines' Calico series of collected works in translation.' -Booklist 'A lovely and sometimes disturbing exploration of the intersection of humanity and nature.

By turns cryptic and revealing, phantasmagorical and straightforward, these tales balance reality and fantasy on the edge of a knife.' -Publishers Weekly, starred review of That We May Live 'With enthralling and precise language, this first book in Two Lines Press' Calico series of collected translated literature impresses.This collection of speculative Chinese fiction is compelling and provocative, exploring the thin line between reality and absurdity. A celebration of both storytelling and translation, Elemental is essential a gift that opens up the pleasures of new worlds.' -Hugh Raffles, author of The Book of Unconformities Praise for the Calico Series 'Marvelous.a credit to the art of both poets and translators.' -Cynthia Hogue, author of In June the Labyrinth and co-translator of Joan Darc, by Nathalie Quintane, on Home 'This remarkable anthology of Chinese speculative fiction offers seven tales of societal responsibility and individual freedom. ' -Booklist, starred review of That We May Live, 'Stone, earth, water, ice, wind, and burning heat.

Praise for the Calico Series 'Marvelous.a credit to the art of both poets and translators.' -Cynthia Hogue, author of In June the Labyrinth and co-translator of Joan Darc, by Nathalie Quintane, on Home 'This remarkable anthology of Chinese speculative fiction offers seven tales of societal responsibility and individual freedom.

Elemental by Erika Kobayashi