“Raining out there” by Alexandra Senkevich, translated from the Russian by Ilse Meiler (World Literature Today, September) The Black Box: Stories by Mata Kastrisiou, translated from the Greek by Kostas Kaltsas (Arb Editions, September 1) Fierce and sophisticated, dark and dreamy, The Black Box is a collection of transgressive, poetic fiction by Mata Kastrisiou. Each
A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-Young, translated from the Korean by Sophie Bowman (Tor Nightfire, August 11) While waiting for a train to Haewon, an isolated Korean seaside village, bodyguard Mu-young gets a disaster alert on her phone. TVs throughout the station report breaking news of a massive earthquake on the eastern coast. Despite the
“The Animator and the Glazer” by Ju Chu, translated from the Chinese by S. Qiouyi Lu (Clarkesworld, July 1) The Playful Lem: A Short Story Sampler by Stanislaw Lem, translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel (Modern Language Association of America, July 1) Conjuring worlds in which robots are kings and Earthlings exist on the
“Three Cases from the Cosmic Psychiatric Clinic” by Pan Haitian, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld, June 1) The Heart of the Nhaga by Lee Young-do, translated from the Korean by Anton Hur (Harper Voyager, June 2) Welcome to Lee Young-do’s epic classic series, The Bird That Drinks Tears. The master of Korean
“The Scent of Memory” by Zhao Haihong, translated from the Chinese by S. Qiouyi Lu (Clarkesworld, May 1) “The Girl Who Stole Life” by Zhou Wen, translated from the Chinese by Xueting C. Ni (Asimov’s, May/June) Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Mónica Ojeda, translated from the Spanish by Sarah Booker (Coffee
“The Tiger in the Room” by Moon Young Park, translated from the Korean by Paige Aniyah Morris (Samovar, April 27) The Witch by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French (France) by Jordan Stump (Vintage, April 7) Equal parts dreamlike and disquieting, The Witch tells a tale as old as time, with a dark twist: Without
“Those Who Left History” by Wanxiang Fengnian, translated from the Chinese by Stella Jiayue Zhu (Clarkesworld, March 1) “Antarctic Radio” by Gu Shi, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Asimov’s, March/April) City Like Water by Dorothy Tse, translated from the Chinese by Natascha Bruce (Graywolf Press, March 3) Your city is gone, as if
“Damnatio Memoriae” by I. A. Galdames translated from the Spanish (Chile) by Monica Louzon (Neon Dystopia) “A Letter from Captain Robert Walton to Joseph Smith, Care of John Taylor” by R. de la Lanza, translated from the Spanish (Mexico) by Ryan Fairchild and D.A. Cooper (Further Light #1) With the Heart of a Ghost by
“Tomorrow’s Beautiful Dream” by Ju Chu, translated from the Chinese by Carmen Yiling Yan (Clarkesworld, January 1) “All My Birds“ by K.A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Asimov’s, January/February) Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo, translated from the Spanish (Chile) by Robin Myers (Algonquin Books, January 13) In the disorienting, devastatingly
Artificial Truth by J. M. Lee, translated from the Korean by Sean Lin Halbert (Amazon Crossing, December 1) In the virtual city of Alegria, fantasies are made real, innumerable lifetimes are lived, and even death itself is a survivable experience. An escape from reality that changed the landscape of artificial intelligence, it is home to
