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Italian SF to be Translated

* derived from Francesco Verso’s intro to Freetaly: Italian Science Fiction Lungo i vicoli del tempo (2002) by Lanfranco Fabriani Features the UCCI agency, an Italian version of the Government Time Bureau in charge of monitoring the correct flow of history and protecting Italy’s past from attacks by hostile foreign powers, already common in works

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Review: Freetaly: Italian Science Fiction, ed. Francesco Verso

translators: Sally McCorry, Carlotta Codebò, Amanda Blee, Michael Colbert, and Rachel Cordasco Future Fiction November 29, 2022 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library (see below for synopses of individual stories) Freetaly offers readers a wide array of speculative fiction from Italy, covering topics like human-AI relationships, cloning, and migration.

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Out This Month: May

SHORT STORIES “Action at a Distance” by An Hao, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, May 1). “The Inside is Always Entrails” by Fernanda Castro, translated from the Portuguese by H. Pueyo (The Dark, May 1). NOVELS The Roamers by Francesco Verso, translated from the Italian by Jennifer Delare (Flame Tree Press, May

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Out This Month: November

SHORT STORIES   “The Words” by Clelia Farris, translated from the Italian by Rachel Cordasco (Apex Magazine, November 1) (available online 11/15)         “Hummingbird, Resting on Honeysuckles” by Yang Wanqing, translated from the Chinese by Jay Zhang (Clarkesworld Magazine, November 1)       ANTHOLOGIES   Kurdistan + 100: Stories from a

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Review: Futurespotting by Francesco Verso

various translators Future Fiction March 21, 2021 194 pages grab a copy “Fernando Morales, This is Your Death!” tr. Sally McCorry “Midsummer Future,” tr. Sally McCorry “Italianskij Tikaj Tikaj,” tr. Tom Crosshill “90 Cents,” tr. Sally McCorry “Flush,” tr. Georgia Emma Gili “The Green Ship,” tr. Michael Colbert “Celestial Formatting,” tr. Georgia Emma Gili “The

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Flash Fiction From Around the World: “The Lighthouse Keeper” and “Not Tonight”

This is the latest in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. This series highlights both new and established speculative fiction writers from around the world.   Loredano Cafaro lives in the hills of Turin, Italy, with his wife and two children. He is basically a man of few words.   “The

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