2022 short SFF - Khōréō

Sorted out my Khōréō subscription. I guess it's less paywalled than I thought, and it's just the most recent stuff that is subscriber-only? Well, whatever, it's not a bad outcome if I end up supporting a small sff magazine even if I could have read stuff without it. As far as recs, I feel like I enjoyed a lot of it, but not that much stood out, which I know is not exactly the rec anyone would hope for. I was really into one and then it went in what I felt was the least interesting possible direction, which is always vexing. I guess I'll link to it in case anyone wants to see if they agree. Also I got partway into issue 2.4 and then realized it technically had a publication date of Jan 1 2023, and thus was not a 2022 publication, which obviously they are welcome to do but does not make it easier to track years/volumes/eligibility.

Phoenix Tile, Guan Un, Khōréō. Nicely put-together fantasy heist, of a sort.

This Excessive Use of Pickled Foods, Leora Spitzer, Khōréō, cute feelgood story about pickles and a Jewish girl going to an alien university.

The Scumbling, J. C. Changmore, Khōréō, the one that started strong but went uninteresting. [Heavy animal harm note on this story, also a bunch of other stuff (violence, child neglect, self-harm, etc). (Are content notes in recs superfluous if the story itself has content notes? I don't usually read story content notes, but I guess I feel inclined to try to flag things that I know are particular issues for someone who might read my recs?)]