This is a beautiful, strange collection of short comic stories. Almost every one contains a sci-fi or fantasy twist somewhere in it. My favorites were the ones in which these fantastic elements took over the whole story by the end. In "Pleasure Palace", an older Southeast Asian woman on vacation tells a rude young American man a fairy tale, which may or may not be her own tragic past as a queen in exile from her own kingdom, and the death of her female lover. In "Swandive", a nonbinary master's degree student befriends a trans scholar at an academic conference. They are both Desi, and together they build a dream city in which people they love, and people who look like them, can thrive. In "Love Song", a young girl has encounters with increasingly larger magical beings. The collection also contains stories of privileged and unhappy New Yorkers- "Come Back To Me", "Meena and Aparna" and "I can see it in you" all focus on women who seem unsatisfied with their lives. I definitely recommend this collection, though some stories are uncomfortable, all are worth reading.