REVIEW: “A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden” by Melissa Ren

Review of Melissa Ren, “A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden,” Adventitious no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2026): 51-54 — Read online. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.

Content note: Death of a sibling.

I adore stories that introduce me to the mythos of another culture, and that’s what I got from Ren’s story, which was rich and sumptuous and felt like it contained far more than its mere 4 pages. It was marvelous and unexpected.

(First published in Triangulation: Hospitium 2024.)