NOVELS Kappa by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, translated from the Japanese by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda and Allison Markin Powell (New Directions, June 6) The Kappa is a creature from Japanese folklore known for dragging unwary toddlers to their deaths in rivers: a scaly, child-sized creature, looking something like a frog, but with a sharp, pointed beak and an
Daniel Haeusser reviews short works of SFT that appear both online and in print. He is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Canisius College, where he teaches microbiology and leads student research projects with bacteria and bacteriophage. He’s also an associate blogger with the American Society for Microbiology’s popular Small Things Considered. Daniel reads
SHORT STORIES “To Helen” by Bella Han, translated from the Chinese by the author (Clarkesworld, June 1). “Matchstick Girl” by Lucas Santana, translated from the Portuguese by H. Pueyo (The Dark, June). NOVELS Kappa by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, translated from the Japanese by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda and Allison Markin Powell (New Directions, June 6) [reprint] Akutagawa’s Kappa
FEBRUARY “Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition” by Gu Shi, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin (Clarkesworld). “A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair” by Renan Bernardo, translated from the Portuguese by the author (Samovar). * APRIL “The Librarian and the Robot” by Shi Heiyao, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld). *
SHORT STORIES “Action at a Distance” by An Hao, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, May 1). “The Inside is Always Entrails” by Fernanda Castro, translated from the Portuguese by H. Pueyo (The Dark, May 1). NOVELS The Roamers by Francesco Verso, translated from the Italian by Jennifer Delare (Flame Tree Press, May
translated by Mac Linscott Ricketts original publication (in Romanian): 1978-79 first English edition: 1988 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library I’ve been intrigued by Mircea Eliade (1907-1986), the Romanian writer, philosopher, and historian, ever since I dedicated a month to Romanian SFT back in 2021. From what I know
SHORT STORIES “The Librarian and the Robot” by Shi Heiyao, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, April 1) COLLECTION No Edges: Swahili Stories by various authors and translators (Two Lines Press, April 11). Swahili is the future. The first collection of Swahili fiction in English translation, No Edges introduces eight East African writers from
SHORT STORIES “The Errata” by K. A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Asimov’s, March/April). “Incommunicado” by Andrej Kokoulin, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Analog, March/April). NOVELS Hospital by Han Song, translated from the Chinese by Michael Berry (AmazonCrossing, March 1) A twisted, wildly imaginative tale of one man’s mysterious illness
Translator Andy Erbschloe is making Bulgarian speculative fiction author Lyuben Dilov available to English-language readers! Check out the latest translation of Unfinished Novel of a Student (1986): From the Introduction: “… Dilov did address the hypocrisies and excesses of the West, but he himself was a non-partisan and went to great pains in his work
Clelia Farris won the Fantascienza.com Award with the novel Rupes Recta, printed by Delos Books; she won the Odissea Award with the novel Nessun uomo è mio fratello and the Kipple Award with the novel La pesatura dell’anima, setting in a uchronic Egypt. In 2012 Kipple Edizioni published the novel La giustizia di Iside. She
