Author Archives: Rachel Cordasco

Review: Kontakt: An Anthology of Croatian SF

edited by Darko Macan and Tatjana Jambrišak translations by Tatjana Jambrišak, Goran Konvični, and the authors Wizard’s Tower Press February 11, 2014 246 pages grab a copy From the Wizard’s Tower Press website: “The original paperback edition of Kontakt was produced in conjunction with the 2012 European Science Fiction Convention (Eurocon) in Zagreb, and given

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SFT from Tor

Tor Books has been publishing speculative fiction in translation for the past couple of decades. From Chinese to French SFT and everything in between, there’s a ton to love!   from the Chinese                         from the Dutch              

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SFT from DAW

During the 1970s and 80s, DAW Books published 21 works of SFT, including novels, collections, and anthologies. Below are the striking covers with links to their respective Goodreads pages. Enjoy!   from the Dutch orig. 1968 / tr. 1973                 from the French orig. 1958 / tr. 1973

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Anthologies & Collections

SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTIONS Abe, Kobo. Beyond the Curve, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter (Kodansha USA, 1991). d’Arbaud, Jóusè. The Beast, and Other Tales, translated by Joyce Zonana (Northwestern University Press, 2020). Bakić, Asja. Mars, translated by Jennifer Zoble (Feminist Press, 2019). Beck, Zoë. A Contented Man and Other Stories, translated by Rachel Hildebrandt (Weyward Sisters Publishing,

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Yiddish—Yoruba

Yiddish Der Nister. “Walking,” translated by Joseph Tamaras (Samovar Magazine, 2018). [read here] —-. “The Fool and the Forest Spirit,” translated by Joseph Tamaras (PaknTreger, 2021). [read here] Nachman of Bratslav. The Podolian Nights, translated by Jordan Finkin and Robert Adler Peckerar (Pushkin Press Classics, 2025). [Ukraine] Sandler, Boris. “An Unexpected Guest” (excerpt from Nomansland,

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Swahili—Welsh

Swahili Kezilahabi, Euphrase. Excerpt from Nagona, translated by Duncan Ian Tarrant (No Edges: Swahili Stories, 2023). Israel, Lusajo Mwaikenda. “A Neighbor’s Pot,” translated by Richard Prins (No Edges: Swahili Stories, 2023). —-. “Night Meal,” translated by Richard Prins (I Was Alive Here Once: Ghost Stories, 2026). Mahugu, Mwas. “Timo and Kayole’s Chaos,” translated by Isza

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Slovak—Spanish

Slovak Balla. In the Name of the Father & Other Stories, translated by Julia & Peter Sherwood (Jantar Publishing, 2017). Kovalyk, Uršuľa. The Night Circus and Other Stories, translated by Julia Sherwood and Peter Sherwood (Parthian Books, 2019). Molnarova-Dubkova, Ivana and Marek Brenisin. “The Scorpion Sting,” unknown translator (The Viral Curtain, 2021). Reuss, Gustav. The

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