out this month – Speculative Fiction in Translation

Out This Month: June

By Rachel CordascoJune 9, 2022out this monthCarmen Yiling Yan, Chen Qian, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine

SHORT STORIES “Inhuman Lovers” by Chen Qian, translated from the Chinese by Carmen Yiling Yan (Clarkesworld Magazine, June 1) REVIEWS

Out This Month: May

By Rachel CordascoMay 4, 2022out this monthAndy Dudak, Brian Bergstrom, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Gordon James Jones, Japan, Japanese, Koji Suzuki, Liang Qingsan, Oskar Källner, Sweden, Swedish, Vertical

SHORT STORIES “Gamma” by Oskar Källner, translated from the Swedish by Gordon James Jones (Clarkesworld, May 1) “The Possibly Brief Life of Guang Hansheng” by Liang Qingsan, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, May 1) NOVELS The Shining Sea by Suzuki Koji, translated from the Japanese by Brian

Out This Month: April

By Rachel CordascoApril 1, 2022out this monthAqueduct Press, Arley Sorg, Arrate Hidalgo, Arthur Liu, Basque, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Djuna, E. B. Garside, German, Germany, Gord Sellar, Japan, Japanese, Jihyun Park, Juliet Winters Carpenter, Korea, Korean, Masatsugu Ono, Mayi Pelot, New Directions, Peter Weiss, Rachel Cordasco, Stella Jiayue Zhu, Two Lines Press

SHORT STORIES “Commencement Address” by Arthur Liu, translated from the Chinese by Stella Jiayue Zhu (Clarkesworld, April 1) NOVELS At the Edge of the Woods by Masatsugu Ono, translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter (Two Lines Press, April 12) In an unnamed foreign country, a family

Out This Month: March

By Rachel CordascoMarch 3, 2022out this monthArthur Liu, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Japan, Japanese, Margaret Mitsutani, New Directions, Regina Kanyu Wang, Stella Jiayue Zhu, Tordotcom, Yoko Tawada, Yu Chen

SHORT STORIES “Commencement Address” by Arthur Liu, translated from the Chinese by Stella Jiayue Zhu (Clarkesworld, March 1) “Silent Slumber” by Malena Salazar Maciá, translated from the Spanish by ? (Dark Matter, March/April) NOVELS Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada, translated from the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani (New

Out This Month: February

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 2, 2022out this monthDutch, The Netherlands, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Tor Nightfire

NOVELS Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated from the Dutch by Moshe Gilula (Tor Nightfire, February 8) Travel journalist and mountaineer Nick Grevers awakes from a coma to find that his climbing buddy, Augustin, is missing and presumed dead. Nick’s own injuries are as extensive as they are horrifying. His face wrapped in bandages

Out This Month: January

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 4, 2022out this monthApex Magazine, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Coach House Books, Cristina Jurado, Dmitry Glukhovsky, France, French, Gregoire Courtois, Gu Shi, Japan, Japanese, Marian Schwartz, Monica Louzon, Rhonda Mullins, Russia, Russian, S. Qiouyi Lu, Spain, Spanish, World Literature Today, Yilun Fan, Yuki Fuwa

SHORT STORIES “No One at the Wild Dock” by Gu Shi, translated from the Chinese by S. Qiouyi Lu (Clarkesworld, January 1) “Devour Me” by Yuki Fuwa, translated from the Japanese by (World Literature Today, January) “City Lights” by Yilun Fan, translated from

Out This Month: December

By Rachel CordascoDecember 2, 2021out this monthAndy Dudak, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Future Science Fiction Digest, Judith Huang, Wang Yuan, Wanxiang Fengnian

SHORT STORIES “Other Stories” by Wang Yuan, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, December 1) “A Mountain of Dust” by Wanxiang Fengnian, translated from the Chinese by Judith Huang (FSFD, December 15) REVIEWS Rachel Cordasco reviewed The Membranes on Strange Horizons

Out This Month: November

By Rachel CordascoNovember 6, 2021out this monthAlex Shvartsman, Carmen Yiling Yan, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, K. A Teryna, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Pan Haitian, Russia, Russian, Solaris, Xueting Christine Ni

SHORT STORIES “Lajos and his Bees” by K.A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November/December) “City of Eternity” by Pan Haitian, translated from the Chinese by Carmen Yiling Yan (Clarkesworld, November 1) ANTHOLOGIES Sinopticon: New Chinese Science

Out This Month: October

By Rachel CordascoOctober 2, 2021out this monthAdrian Thieret, Alex Zucker, Angry Robot, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Czech, Czech Republic, Djuna, Fei Dao, France, French, Joy Sorman, Kaya Press, Ken Liu, Korea, Korean, Laura Vergnaud, Petra Hůlová, Restless Books, Sean Lin Halbert, Un-su Kim, World Editions

SHORT STORIES “Legend of the Giant” by Fei Dao, translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu (Clarkesworld, October 1) COLLECTIONS Everything Good Dies Here: Tales from the Linker Universe and Beyond by Djuna, translated from the Korean by Adrian Thieret (Kaya Press, October 26) The stories brought together in this collection

Out This Month: September

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 4, 2021out this monthAntonia Lloyd-Jones, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Emily Jin, Emmanuel Lottem, Hebrew, Israel, MIT Press, Poland, Polish, Regina Kanyu Wang, Sheldon Teitelbaum, Stanislaw Lem

SHORT STORIES “The Winter Garden” by Regina Kanyu Wang, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin (Clarkesworld, September 1). COLLECTIONS The Truth and Other Stories by Stanislaw Lem, translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (MIT Press, September 14). Of these twelve short stories by science fiction master Stanisław Lem, only

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