JANUARY
“Tomorrow’s Beautiful Dream” by Ju Chu, translated from the Chinese Carmen Yiling Yan (Clarkesworld, January 1).
A “soulseller” who performs menial tasks while under the influence of a chip inserted into his brain finds that the chips are not saving factories money but actually refining the soulsellers themselves.
“The Sandy Shore” by Goulc’han Kervella, translated from the Breton (France) by Michelle Couny (Words Without Borders, January 26).
A fable about finding riches but paying the price.
FEBRUARY
“Damnatio Memoriae” by I. A. Galdames, translated from the Spanish (Chile) by Monica Louzon (Neon Dystopia, February 6).
A cyberpunk story about the persistence of memory and love, despite a multitude of available drugs to help people forget.
“Above the Sand, Under the Skin” by Ramiro Sanchiz, translated from the Spanish (Uruguay) by Monica Louzon (Translunar Travelers Lounge, February 15).
A giant mechanical female body gradually takes over a village.
MARCH
“Those Who Left History” by Wanxiang Fengnian, translated from the Chinese by Stella Jiayue Zhu (Clarkesworld, March 1).
“Mother Tongue” by Osdany Morales translated from the Spanish (Cuba) by Esther Allen (Words Without Borders).
Imagines an alternate life for Italian author Italo Calvino, in which he never left his birthplace of Cuba.
“Buddha Dies” by Sven Klöpping, translated from the German by Michael K. Iwoleit (InterNova).
On a terraformed Mars, human souls jump from person to person, except when they move into animals…
“Reconstructor” by Thorsten Küper, translated from the German by Michael K. Iwoleit (InterNova).
A man whose job it is to find people who have taken on new identities and erased their memories (and then return these people to their former lives) gets a taste of his own medicine.
“Rest in Peace” by Helmuth W. Mommers, translated from the German by Richard Kunzmann (InterNova).
After death, a man is resurrected in human-android form to help humanity explore the universe.
“Enola in Eternity” by Thomas A. Sieber, translated from the German by Michael K. Iwoleit (InterNova).
“Hey, Mr. Spaceman!” by Ronald M. Hahn, translated from the German by Michael J. Berridge (InterNova).
A journalist has an unlikely adventure in space…in 1904.
“Verticity” by Gheorghe Săsărman, translated from the Romanian by Monica Cure (SciPhi Journal).
A visitor to the city Verticity falls in love with the hologram of the woman who announces the time…
APRIL
“The Tiger in the Room” by Moon Young Park, translated from the Korean by Paige Aniyah Morris (Samovar).
A special development team creates a program that can scan paintings and produce holographic images of the people who painted them. One painting, however, produces a surprising result.
MAY
“The Scent of Memory” by Zhao Haihong, translated from the Chinese by S. Qiouyi Lu (Clarkesworld).
Excerpt from The Heart of the Nhaga by Lee Young-do, translated from the Korean by Anton Hur (Reactor).
“Three Cases from the Cosmic Psychiatric Clinic” by Pan Haitian, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld).
“Rest in Peace, Master Pruner” by Daniel Badosa Moriyama, translated from the Spanish (Spain) by Monica Louzon (The Orange & Bee)
JUNE
“Arab Tale” by Marian Vayreda, translated from the Catalan by Sara Martin (Revista Helice).
“The City of Walls” by Dung Kai-Cheung, translated from the Chinese (Hong Kong) by Penny Yeung (Asymptote Journal)
“Three Cases from the Cosmic Psychiatric Clinic” by Pan Haitian, translated from the Chinese (China) by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld)
“Protopolis” by Gheorghe Săsărman, translated from the Romanian by Monica Cure (SciPhi Journal)
JULY
“After the Bear” by Santiago Craig, translated from the Spanish (Argentina) by Kit Maude (World Literature Today).
“The Animator and the Glazer” by Ju Chu, translated from the Chinese by S. Qiouyi Lu (Clarkesworld).
“A Falling Boeing 767, Spinning Slowly” by Roberto Bayeto, translated from the Spanish (Uruguay) by Monica Louzon (Chatterbox).
“The Tu-Chuan with No Name” by Chen-Fu Hsu, translated from the Chinese (Taiwan) by Coco Zhou (Samovar).
“Go for It” by Masami Kakinuma, translated from the Japanese by Sharni Wilson (Guernica Magazine).
SEPTEMBER
“Raining out there” by Alexandra Senkevich, translated from the Russian (Belarus) by Ilse Meiler (World Literature Today).
“Homogenia” by Gheorghe Săsărman, translated from the Romanian by Monica Cure (SciPhi Journal).
