A young woman grows up without magic in a magical family and society, with strict rules and roles that are often tied to gender. When she sets off on a journey and her adult life begins, she finds her worldview tested—especially when members of her family come out as transgender and begin to transition.

A missionary preaches to a village in Mexico but faces utter alienation.

An effective fat-burninng pill with high odds of mortality is invented, and it makes obesity a rarity, and a crime.