Currently Reading: In the Mother’s Land

In the Mother’s Land / The Maerlande Chronicles (Silent City #2) by Élisabeth Vonarburg translated from the French (Québec) by Jane Brierley December 1992 Bantam Spectra   From the publisher: “A multi-award SF author returns with a sequel to The Silent City, set 800 years later. Brilliant, empathic, and inspired by her people’s past, Lisbei

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New Issue of Samovar Magazine

The latest issue of Samovar Magazine is out and includes Russian and Arabic SF in translation, as well as Francophone speculative poetry in translation. Check it out!   “Morpheus” by K. A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman “The Spider’s Widow” by Houyem Ferchichi, translated from the Arabic by Ali Znaid “Exile” by

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Reviews of Short Fiction: May Edition

Each month, Daniel Haeusser reviews short works of SFT that appear both online and in print. He is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Canisius College, where he teaches microbiology and leads student research projects with bacteria and bacteriophage. He’s also an associate blogger with the American Society for Microbiology’s popular Small Things Considered.

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Out This Month: June

SHORT STORIES   “The Peppers of GreenScallion” by Myung-hoon Bae, translated from the Korean by Jihyun Park and Gord Sellar (Clarkesworld Magazine, June 1).       “Customer” by Lee Jong San, translated from Korean by Victoria Caudle, Words Without Borders, June.       “Americans on the Moon” by Oleg Divov, translated from the

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The SFT Panel at WisCon43 and More

The SFT Panel This year’s Speculative Fiction in Translation panel at WisCon43 was a fantastic blend of insightful conversation, big ideas, and honest discussion about what it means to bring a speculative fiction text from one language into another. It was an honor for me to moderate this panel, which included the wonderful Arrate Hidalgo,

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Flash Fiction From Around the World: “Returning”

This is the nineteenth in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. The series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. Susana Vallejo (Madrid, 1968) is an author who works in PR/Communication in Barcelona, where she’s lived since 1994. She has won numerous prizes in the fields

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