translated by Lawrence Schimel Aqueduct Press (Conversation Pieces, Volume 52) November, 2016 106 pages Part linguistics report, part memoir, Monteverde is a story about the clash of cultures and the bonds of language, and you’ll want to read it in one sitting (like I did). Robles expertly mixes notes that Terran linguist Rachel Monteverde took
Welcome to the first in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation! This series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. Sofia Rhei is a humor and fantasy writer. She has published more than 30 books, mostly for children. Some of her poems and short stories
Sue Burke is an American writer and translator who has lived in Milwaukee, Austin, Madrid, and Chicago. She began writing professionally as a journalist in high school, and she has published short stories and articles in a variety of magazines and anthologies. Her novel Semiosis will be published by Tor in January 2018. Rachel Cordasco:
Lawrence Schimel (New York, 1971) writes in both Spanish and English and has published over 100 books as author or anthologist, including Fairy Tales for Writers (A Midsummer Night’s Press), The Drag Queen of Elfland (Circlet), Camelot Fantastic (DAW Books), and Streets of Blood: Vampire Stories from New York (Cumberland House), among many others. He
Award-winning Spanish author Elia Barceló writes both science fiction and children’s books. Born in Alicante, she currently lives in Austria where she teaches Spanish literature. Her story “The Star” was included in the anthology Castles in Spain and her novel Heart of Tango was translated into English in 2010. Rachel Cordasco: When did
head of translation team: Sue Burke Sportula April 19, 2016 350 pages If you’ve been living your life thinking that you’ve already read some of the best speculative fiction out there, but you haven’t read any of the stories in this collection, then you’re just plain wrong. The stories in Castles in Spain are not
