out this month – Speculative Fiction in Translation

Out This Month: January

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 8, 2023out this monthCao Baiyu, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Stella Jiayue Zhu

SHORT STORIES “Zhuangzi’s Dream” by Cao Baiyu, translated from the Chinese by Stella Jiayue Zhu (Clarkesworld, January 1) REVIEWS

Out This Month: December

By Rachel CordascoDecember 4, 2022out this monthBlake Stone-Banks, China, Chinese, Clara Madrigano, Clarkesworld, Lu Ban, Morana Violeta, Portuguese, The Dark

SHORT STORIES “Upstart” by Lu Ban, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld, December 1). “The Cat” by Morana Violeta, translated from the Portuguese by Clara Madrigano (The Dark, December 1). REVIEWS

Out This Month: November

By Rachel CordascoNovember 7, 2022out this monthApex Magazine, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Clelia Farris, Comma Press, Italian, Italy, Jay Zhang, Kurdish, Mustafa Gundogdu, Orsola Casagrande, Rachel Cordasco, Yang Wanqing

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

Out This Month: October

By Rachel CordascoOctober 2, 2022out this monthAlan Kubatiev, Alex Shvartsman, Analía Villagra, Argentina, Chang Yu-Ko, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Head of Zeus, Lauren Harper, Lavie Tidhar, Megan McDowell, Mónica Bustos, Paraguay, Riverhead Books, Russia, Russian, Samanta Schweblin, Samovar, Spanish, Stella Jiayue Zhu, Taiwan

SHORT STORIES “Fly Free” by Alan Kubatiev, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Clarkesworld, October 1). “Giant Fish” by Chu Shifan, translated from the Chinese by Stella Jiayue Zhu (Clarkesworld, October 1). “Warm beds” by Mónica Bustos, translated from the Spanish (Paraguay) by Analía Villagra (Samovar, October 24) “The

Out This Month: September

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 4, 2022out this monthAnders Fager, Henning Koch, Ian Lemke, Sweden, Swedish, Valancourt Books

COLLECTIONS Swedish Cults by Anders Fager, translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch and Ian Lemke (Valancourt Books, September 6) Forget everything you think you know about Sweden. In Anders Fager’s stories, Sweden is revealed as a place where dark and unimaginable things happen. Where deep in the woods bloody sacrifices are made to

Out This Month: August

By Rachel CordascoAugust 1, 2022out this monthCésar Aira, Chris Andrews, Elisa Taber, Germany, Hebrew, Horacio Quiroga, Israel, Japanese, Margaret Mitsutani, New Directions, Picador, Shimon Adaf, Spanish, Sublunary Editions, Uruguay, Yardenne Greenspan, Yoko Tawada

COLLECTIONS 3 Streets by Yoko Tawada, translated from the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani (New Directions, August 16) The always astonishing Yoko Tawada here takes a walk on the supernatural side of the street. In “Kollwitzstrasse,” as the narrator muses on former East Berlin’s new bourgeois health food stores, so popular with wealthy young people,

Out This Month: July

By Rachel CordascoJuly 3, 2022out this monthAlex Shvartsman, Asimov's, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Emily Jin, K. A Teryna, Neil Clarke, Regina Kanyu Wang, Russia, Russian, Xia Jia, Xiu Xinyu

SHORT STORIES “The Strange Girl” by Xiu Xinyu, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin (Clarkesworld, July 1). “The Tin Pilot” by K. A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Asimov’s, July/August). ANTHOLOGIES New Voices in Chinese Science Fiction, eds. Neil Clarke,

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 Dan Hartland reviews The Anomaly on Strange Horizons

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

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